- [countable]
a state in which somebody seems to be asleep but is aware of what is said to them, for example if they are hypnotized 昏睡状态；催眠状态 to go/fall into a trance 进入／陷入昏睡状态 When the subject has gone into a deep trance, they are taken back to an earlier stage of their life. 当实验对象陷入昏睡状态后，他们被带回到自己生命的早期阶段。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- light
- hypnotic
- …
- enter
- enter into
- fall into
- …
- state
- in a trance
- [countable]
a state in which you are thinking so much about something that you do not notice what is happening around you 出神；发呆 She drove, gripping the wheel in a trance, hardly aware of her surroundings. 她开着车，神情恍惚地握着方向盘，简直没留意置身何处。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- light
- hypnotic
- …
- enter
- enter into
- fall into
- …
- state
- in a trance
- (also trance music)[uncountable]
a type of electronic dance music with hypnotic rhythms and sounds 迷幻音乐
Word OriginMiddle English (originally as a verb in the sense ‘be in a trance’): from Old French transir ‘depart, fall into trance’, from Latin transire ‘go across’.