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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++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 table

Examples from the Corpus

transfigure• 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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trans‧fig‧ure /trænsˈfɪɡə $ -ɡjər/ verb [transitive]literary to change the way someone or something looks, especially so that they become more beautiful:
    Her face was transfigured with joy.
—transfiguration /trænsˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃən $ -ɡjə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

trans·fig·ureBrE /trænsˈfɪɡə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /trænsˈfɪɡjər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they transfigure BrE /trænsˈfɪɡə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /trænsˈfɪɡjər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it transfigures BrE /trænsˈfɪɡəz/ 🔊 NAmE /trænsˈfɪɡjərz/ 🔊past simple transfigured BrE /trænsˈfɪɡəd/ 🔊 NAmE /trænsˈfɪɡjərd/ 🔊past participle transfigured BrE /trænsˈfɪɡəd/ 🔊 NAmE /trænsˈfɪɡjərd/ 🔊 -ing form transfiguring BrE /trænsˈfɪɡərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /trænsˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/ 🔊 [often passive] ~ sb/sth (literary) to change the appearance of a person or thing so that they look more beautiful 使改观；美化…的外表▸ trans·fig·ur·ation BrE /ˌtrænsˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtrænsˌfɪɡjəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, singular]