transpose

1. V-T If you transpose something from one place or situation to another, you move it there. 转换

The director transposes the action from sixteenth-century France to post-Civil War America. 导演把情节从16世纪的法国转换到内战后的美国。

2. transpositionN-VAR

...a transposition of "Macbeth" to third century BC China. ...“麦克白”到公元前三世纪的中国的转换。

3. V-T If you transpose two things, you reverse them or put them in each other's place. 对调

Many people inadvertently transpose digits of the ZIP code. 许多人粗心地把邮政编码的数字弄颠倒了。

4. transpositionN-VAR [oft N 'of' n]

...the transposition of the last two letters. ...最后两个字母的对调。