单词 | transition |
释义 | tran·si·tion (trăn-zĭshən, -sĭsh-) n. 1. Change from one form, state, style, or place to another. 2. a. Change from one subject to another in discourse. b. A word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part of a discourse to another. 3. Music a. Change from one key or tonality to another. b. A passage connecting two themes or sections, usually changing to a new key or tonality. 4. Genetics A point mutation in which a pyrimidine is replaced by another pyrimidine, or a purine is replaced by another purine. 5. Sports The process of changing from defense to offense or offense to defense without a stoppage in play, as in basketball or hockey. 6. A period during childbirth that precedes the expulsive phase of labor, characterized by strong uterine contractions and nearly complete cervical dilation. intr.v. tran·si·tioned, tran·si·tion·ing, tran·si·tions 1. To make a transition. 2. Sports To change from defense to offense or offense to defense without a stoppage in play. tran·sition·al, tran·sition·ar′y (-zĭshə-nĕr′ē) adj. tran·sition·al·ly adv. |
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