transfigure

英 [træns'fɪɡə(r)] 美 [træns'fɪɡjər]

• vt. 使变形；使改观；美化

英英释义

Verb:

1. elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

2. change completely the nature or appearance of;

   "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"
   "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"
   "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"
   

经典引文

• Her gentle face is transfigured.

  出自： D. Cusack

近反义词

【近义词】

• metamorphose 改变形状
• change 变化
• transform 改变
• convert (使)转变
• transmute 使 ... 变形
• alter 改变
• spiritualize 使精神化
• glorify 美化
• transmogrify 变得古怪