transmutation

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n. 变形, 变化, 演变 [医] 蜕变, 嬗变, 衍变

发音

UK /tɹanzmjuːˈteɪʃn̩/

词形变化

transmutations 复数 transmutations

教材释义与例句

名词

变形；变化；演变

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.

    The supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.

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  2. 2.

    Change, alteration.

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  3. 3.

    The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.

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  4. 4.

    The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.

    The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

shift transformation transubstantiation

上位词 4

change conversion modification alteration

下位词 10

advance transition improvement conversion weakening strengthening betterment degeneration changeover pyrolysis

词源

Late 14th century, from Old French transmutacion (“transformation, metamorphosis”), from Late Latin transmutationem, from Latin transmutare (“to change”).

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