| 单词 | transmute |
| 释义 | trans·mute /trænzˈmjuːt $ træns-/ verb [transitive + into] formalCHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER to change one substance or type of thing into another 使变化，改变 —transmutation /ˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃən $ ˌtræns-/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpustransmute• Anthony Storr shows how these depressive fears were magically transmuted in the literary sphere.• Sienra's paintings show humans transmuting into animals.• Her mixed media watercolors show humans transmuting into beasts, in strange landscapes full of foreboding.• And that became transmuted into its converse: he survived because he was special.• Ultimately the wooden drum was transmuted into the body of the membrane drum.• Art is about creativity, transmuting the humblest subjects into the sublime.• The second was that its atoms of uranium were transmuting themselves into atoms of a different element whose atomic mass was lower.Origin transmute (1300-1400) Latin transmutare, from mutare “to change”trans·mute verbChineseSyllable substance Corpus or one into of type to thing another change |
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