transmute
英 [trænz'mjuːt; trɑːnz-; -ns-]
美[trænz'mjut]
- vt. 使变形；使变质
- vi. 变形；变质
词态变化
第三人称单数: transmutes;过去式: transmuted;过去分词: transmuted;现在分词: transmuting;名词: transmutation;
中文词源
transmute 使变化，变质，变形
trans-,转移，转变，-mut,改变，词源同 mutate,mutual.
英文词源
- transmute (v.)
- late 14c., "transform the appearance of," from Latin transmutare "to change" (see transmutation). Related: Transmuted; transmuting.
双语例句
- 1. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. We can transmute water power into electrical power.
- 我们能将水力变成电力.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. One of the supreme quests of alchemy is to transmute lead into gold.
- 炼金术的终极目的之一是将铅转化为金。
来自辞典例句
- 4. It is possible to transmute one form of energy into another.
- 把某种形态的能量改变成另一形态的能量是可能的.
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句