transmute

英 [trænz'mjuːt] 美 [trænz'mjuːt]

• v. 使 ... 变形

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. （使）变化
2. （使）变形
3. （使）变质
4. 【化】使嬗变
5. 蜕变
6. 变为
7. 将...变形
8. 改变
9. 使质变
10. 经历变化

英英释义

Verb:

1. change in outward structure or looks;

   "He transformed into a monster"
   "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
   

2. change or alter in form, appearance, or nature;

   "This experience transformed her completely"
   "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"
   "transubstantiate one element into another"
   

3. alter the nature of (elements)

经典引文

• A great task to transmute feeling and sensation into speech.

  出自： J. London

• The slim, smiling bride..was now transmuted into a plump, faded woman.

  出自： F. Pohl

近反义词

【近义词】

• transform 改变
• metamorphose 改变形状
• transfigure 使变形
• transmogrify 变得古怪
• alter 改变
• change 变化
• turn 翻转
• convert (使)转变
• transubstantiate (使)变质