transmute的意思

transmute

英式音标[trænz'mjut]
美式英标[trænz'mjuːt; trɑːnz-; -ns-]

基本解释

vt. 使变形；使变质

vi. 变形；变质

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.

实用例句

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.

2. We can transmute water power into electrical power.: 我们能将水力变成电力.

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。

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.

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.

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