late 14c., from Old French transposer "transfer, remove; present, render symbolically" (14c.), from Latin transponere (past participle transpositus) "to place over, set over," from trans- "over" (see trans-) + ponere "to put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Form altered in French on model of poser "to put, place." Sense of "put music in a different key" is from c. 1600. Related: Transposed; transposing.
实用例句
1. She could play any piece of music she heard and transpose it into any key.
她能把听过的任何乐曲变以任何调演奏出来。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Genetic engineers transpose or exchange bits of hereditary material from one organism to the next.
遗传工程师将某一生物的小段遗传物质调换到另一生物，或与其互换。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Many people inadvertently transpose digits of the ZIP code.
很多人疏忽之下会颠倒邮政编码中数字的顺序。
来自辞典例句
4. Taking the transpose of both sides does not change the left - hand side of the equation.
两边均进行转置,方程的左边不变.
来自辞典例句
5. If A is the mxn matrix, then the nxm matrix is called the transpose of A.
