释义 |
Verb: alter oltu(r)- Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
"The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city" - change, modify - Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- change, vary - Make an alteration to
"This dress needs to be altered" - Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- interpolate, falsify - Remove the ovaries of
- neuter, spay, castrate
Sounds like: altar Derived forms: altered, alters, altering See also: alterable, alteration Type of: desex, desexualise [Brit], desexualize, edit, fix, redact, sterilise [Brit], sterilize, unsex Encyclopedia: Alter Alter,Detroit |