Transform



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.使...变形, 变化
• ［英］ v.使...变形, 变化 ( to change in composition or structure)
• ［记］ tran ( 改变) +form ( 形状)
• ［例］ A caterpillar is transformed into a butterfly.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French transformer, from Latin transformare, from trans- + formare to form, from forma form
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to change in composition or structure
    • b. to change the outward form or appearance of
    • c. to change in character or condition ; convert
  • 2. to subject to mathematical transformation
  • 3. to cause (a cell) to undergo genetic transformation
• intransitive verb
  • to become transformed ; change
• ? transformable adjective
• ? transformative adjective
• Synonyms:
  • transform, metamorphose, transmute, convert, transmogrify, transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing. transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function <transformed a small company into a corporate giant>. metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power<awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas>. transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing<attempted to transmute lead into gold>. convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function<converted the study into a nursery>. transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis<a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince>. transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies<joy transfigured her face>.

II. noun

• Date: 1853
• 1. a mathematical element obtained from another by transformation
• 2. transformation 3a(1), (2)
• 3. a linguistic structure (as a sentence) produced by means of a transformation <“the duckling is killed by the farmer” is a transform of “the farmer kills the duckling”>

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