transmute

verb

/trænzˈmjuːt/

[transitive, intransitive] (formal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they transmute	/trænzˈmjuːt/ /trænzˈmjuːt/
he / she / it transmutes	/trænzˈmjuːts/ /trænzˈmjuːts/
past simple transmuted	/trænzˈmjuːtɪd/ /trænzˈmjuːtɪd/
past participle transmuted	/trænzˈmjuːtɪd/ /trænzˈmjuːtɪd/
-ing form transmuting	/trænzˈmjuːtɪŋ/ /trænzˈmjuːtɪŋ/

transmute (something) (into something) to change, or make something change, into something different（使）变化，变质，变形 synonym transform
- It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold.有人曾经认为铅可以变成黄金。
- My initial feelings of anger have now transmuted into a sense of sorrow and frustration.我最初的愤怒现在已经变成了悲伤和沮丧。
- Pain is the philosophic vitriol which transmutes mere mortal into immortal.痛苦是将凡人变为不朽的哲学尖酸刻薄。
词源late Middle English: from Latin transmutare, from trans- ‘across’ + mutare ‘to change’.