transmute

英 [trænzˈmjuːt]

美 [trænzˈmjuːt]

v.  (使)变化，变质，变形

过去分词：transmuted　过去式：transmuted　第三人称单数：transmutes　现在分词：transmuting　复数：transmutes　

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BNC.20909 / COCA.22104

牛津词典

verb

• （使）变化，变质，变形
  to change, or make sth change, into sth different
  1. It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold.
     有人曾经认为铅可以变成黄金。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)变形;(使)变化
  If somethingtransmutesoris transmuted intoa different form, it is changed into that form.
  1. She ceased to think, as anger transmuted into passion...
     当怒火转化为激情，她停止了思考。
  2. Scientists transmuted matter into pure energy and exploded the first atomic bomb.
     科学家将物质转化为纯粹的能量，引爆了第一颗原子弹。

英英释义

verb

• change in outward structure or looks
  1. He transformed into a monster
  2. The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle
  Synonym:transformmetamorphose
• alter the nature of (elements)
• change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
  1. This experience transformed her completely
  2. She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture
  3. transubstantiate one element into another
  Synonym:transformtransubstantiate

双语例句

• Any potential travesty is avoided by choosing to release or return the karma and transmute the thought-form instead.
  任何潜在的悲剧都能选择释放或归还业力并转换思想形态而被避免。
• One must therefore be thorough, allowing all parts of the form to transmute as necessary, and give the form every nutrient necessary to bring forth it's biological transmutation.
  因此你必须完全，允许身体的所有部分都按应有方式转化，并给予身体所需的每一种养分来产生生物性转变。
• We can transmute water power into electrical power.
  我们能将水力变为电力。
• The "normal" thing is for a particle to undergo decay and transmute itself into other lighter particles.
  粒子发生衰变，本身蜕变为其它较轻的粒子，这是正常的事。
• The sixth shall throw down the walls of Ireland and transmute its forests into a level plain.
  第六位会把爱尔兰的城墙推倒，把森林变成平原。
• It will in time transmute or disintegrate, as a point will be reached when it cannot remain any longer.
  它将适时转化或者瓦解，随着它无法再保持下去的时候，将达到一个临界点。
• I choose to evolve beyond this and transmute the thought-form at cause;
  我选择去进化超越它并转变思想形态的致因；
• A radioactive atom could transmute itself into an entirely different kind of atom.
  放射性原子本身能嬗变为性质完全不同的另一种原子。
• Those creations with too much darkness had not enough light to transmute the dark, and fell and fell in frequency.
  那些有着太多黑暗的造物们没有足够的光明去转化黑暗，而在频率上跌落了再跌落。
• Medieval alchemists attempted to transmute base metals into gold.
  中世纪的炼丹术士企图把贱金属炼成金。