trance

Everyday

1. A state like being half asleep or dreaming, when you are awake but do not notice what is around you. tree →
2. A state when someone is deeply lost in thought, music or wonder and does not hear you. tree →
3. (also trance music) A kind of fast electronic dance music. tree →

In the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows («The Piper at the Gates of Dawn») the Rat and the Mole hear wonderful piping and fall into a kind of trance of awe before the god Pan; then they forget it. In stories hypnotists and magicians put people «into a trance». In everyday life we say «He's in a trance» about someone daydreaming. Phrases: «in a trance», «fall into a trance».

Examples

• She stared at the fire as if in a trance. tree →
• The music put the animals into a kind of trance. tree →
• «Wake up! You're in a trance!» laughed my friend. tree →
• The hypnotist claimed he could put people in a trance. tree →
• The Rat walked on in a trance, listening to the distant piping. tree →
• My brother watches cartoons like he's in a trance. tree →
• Around it he saw several knights sitting in a trance; then he pulled off their rings and put them on his own fingers. tree →

Note

Countable. Related: entrance (verb «en-TRANCE» = to fill with wonder) is spelled like «entrance» (a way in) but said differently.