| 单词 | transmute |
| 释义 | trans·mute transitive verb 1. < a pronounced stabilization that will transmute the economic and social life of the African — Peter Scott > < the interaction of … forces transmutes custom and produces a new tradition — B.N.Cardozo > — often used with into < how does the chlorophyll … transmute the dross of earth into living tissue — D.C.Peattie > < transmute the abundant raw materials … into finished products — A.W.Long > < transmute their national integrity into a decisive weapon of national defense — W.O.Douglas > 2. < made it possible to smash atoms and transmute elements — Current Biography > — often used with into < the alchemists … cared little for answers that did not lead them to the philosopher's stone, which would transmute base metals into gold — Lamp > intransitive verb < the music gradually transmutes and builds to a shattering climax — Time > — often used with into < energy converts into matter as naturally as matter transmutes into energy — Gerard Piel > Synonyms: see transform |
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