late 14c., "state of extreme dread or suspense," also "a half-conscious or insensible condition, state of insensibility to mundane things," from Old French transe "fear of coming evil," originally "coma, passage from life to death" (12c.), from transir "be numb with fear," originally "die, pass on," from Latin transire "cross over" (see transient). French trance in its modern sense has been reborrowed from English. As a music genre, from c. 1993.
例文
1. He was put into a trance by a police hypnotist.
彼は警察の催眠師に導かれて催眠状態に入った。
2.They went into a trance to communicate with the spirit world.
彼らはうっとりした状態に入って霊界と交流した。/
3.Her mother 's voice in the corridor roused her from an angry trance .
彼女は気を失って、廊下での母の声が彼女を目覚めさせた。
4.He didn 't answer when I spoke-he seemed to be in a trance .
私の話に彼は答えていない--彼は昏睡状態に陥っているようだ。
5.She said nothing but sat there as if in a trance .