transmute
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I If something transmutes or is transmuted into a different form, it is changed into that form. 轉化; 使···轉化[正式]
She ceased to think, as anger transmuted into passion. 隨著憤慨變爲激怒,她停止了思考。
Scientists transmuted matter into pure energy and exploded the first atomic bomb. 科學家們使物質轉化爲純能量,爆破了第一枚原子彈。
2. transmutationN-VAR
...the transmutation of food into energy. ...食物到能量的轉化。
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transmute /trænzˈmjuːt/ (transmuting,transmuted,transmutes)
剑桥词典
- to change something completely , especially into something different and better
徹底改變(尤指變成更好的他物)
A few centuries ago alchemists thought they could transmute lead into gold . 幾個世紀以前鍊金術士以爲他們能把鉛變成金子。
Plutonium transmutes into/to uranium when it is processed in a nuclear reactor . 鈈在核反應堆中經過処理就變成了鈾。 返回 transmute