trance

名词 n. 动词 v.
/tɹɑːns/    /tɹæns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dazed or unconscious condition. countable
  2. A tedious journey. dialectal
    — So saying, he led the way out through halls and trances that were weel kend to my gudesire, and into the auld oak parlour; […]
  3. A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being). countable
    — And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance.
  4. A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis. countable
  5. Ellipsis of trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance. ambitransitive
    — And there I left him tranced.
  2. To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge. dialectal,intransitive
  3. To create in or via a trance. rare,transitive
    — The Horned Toad (kɛŋkak) tranced the rivers into being. A bakɔh bird tranced the mountains. The Scrub Bulbul (ˀɛsˀããs) drilled fire into existence with its beak. And, finally, the Bronzed Black Drongo (tɛrhɛɛh) tranced the year […]
  4. To pass across or over; to traverse. dialectal,intransitive
    — Trance the world o'er.
  5. To travel quickly over a long distance. dialectal,intransitive

词形变化

trances plural traunce alternative trances present,singular,third-person trancing participle,present tranced participle,past tranced past trances present,singular,third-person trancing participle,present tranced participle,past tranced past trances plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe (“fear of coming evil; passage from life to death”), from transir (“to be numb with fear; to die, pass on”), from Latin trānseō (“to cross over”).
词源 2
The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trounce with the same senses, which see for more). The noun is probably derived from the verb.
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