单词 | transfigure |
释义 | trans·fig·ure /trænsˈfɪɡə $ -ɡjər/ verb [transitive] literaryCHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT to change the way someone or something looks, especially so that they become more beautiful 使改观;美化 Her face was transfigured with joy. 她高兴得容光焕发。 —transfiguration /trænsˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃən $ -ɡjə-/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpustransfigure• Like Blake, he paints the world transfigured.• For one instant I saw you, erect on tiptoe, ruling your orchestra and transfigured by the expression of a conqueror.• It was that bitter rivalry that led us to lift our gaze to space-but what we have seen has transfigured us.• His was a face, stern, even a little melancholy in repose, which was transfigured when he smiled.Origin transfigure (1300-1400) Latin transfigurare, from figurare “to shape”trans·fig·ure verbChineseSyllable someone to the looks, or something Corpus change way |
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