transmute

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

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transmute• 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

transmute
trans‧mute /trænzˈmjuːt $ træns-/ verb [transitive + into]formal to change one substance or type of thing into another
—transmutation /ˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃən $ ˌtræns-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

trans·muteBrE /trænzˈmjuːt/ 🔊NAmE /trænzˈmjuːt/ 🔊BrE /trænsˈmjuːt/ 🔊NAmE /trænsˈmjuːt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they transmute BrE /trænzˈmjuːt/ 🔊 NAmE /trænzˈmjuːt/ 🔊 BrE /trænsˈmjuːt/ 🔊 NAmE /trænsˈmjuːt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it transmutes BrE /trænzˈmjuːts/ 🔊 NAmE /trænzˈmjuːts/ 🔊 BrE /trænsˈmjuːts/ 🔊 NAmE /trænsˈmjuːts/ 🔊past simple transmuted BrE /trænzˈmjuːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /trænzˈmjuːtɪd/ 🔊 BrE /trænsˈmjuːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /trænsˈmjuːtɪd/ 🔊past participle transmuted BrE /trænzˈmjuːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /trænzˈmjuːtɪd/ 🔊 BrE /trænsˈmjuːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /trænsˈmjuːtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form transmuting BrE /trænzˈmjuːtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /trænzˈmjuːtɪŋ/ 🔊 BrE /trænsˈmjuːtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /trænsˈmjuːtɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) (into sth) (formal) to change, or make sth change, into sth different （使）变化，变质，变形 SYN transform ◆It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold. 有人曾经认为铅可以变成黄金。🔊🔊▸ trans·mu·ta·tion BrE /ˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃn/ 🔊BrE /ˌtrænsmjuːˈteɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtrænsmjuːˈteɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable]