transfigure
verb /trænsˈfɪɡə(r)/
/trænsˈfɪɡjər/
[often passive] (literary)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they transfigure | /trænsˈfɪɡə(r)/ /trænsˈfɪɡjər/ |
| he / she / it transfigures | /trænsˈfɪɡəz/ /trænsˈfɪɡjərz/ |
| past simple transfigured | /trænsˈfɪɡəd/ /trænsˈfɪɡjərd/ |
| past participle transfigured | /trænsˈfɪɡəd/ /trænsˈfɪɡjərd/ |
| -ing form transfiguring | /trænsˈfɪɡərɪŋ/ /trænsˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/ |
- transfigure somebody/something to change the appearance of a person or thing so that they look more beautiful
使改观；美化…的外表 - Ann’s whole face was transfigured by the early morning light.
清晨的光线改变了安的整个面容。
词源Middle English: from Old French transfigurer or Latin transfigurare, from trans- ‘across’ + figura ‘figure’. - Ann’s whole face was transfigured by the early morning light.