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单词 transform
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Definition of transform in English:

transform

verb trɑːnzˈfɔːmtrɑːnsˈfɔːmtranzˈfɔːmtransˈfɔːmtræn(t)sˈfɔrm
[with object]
  • 1Make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of.

    lasers have transformed cardiac surgery
    he wanted to transform himself into a successful businessman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We yearn for the simple life, thinking that being closer to nature will transform us into spiritual, earth-preserving people.
    • News of the Revolution of July 1830 in Paris transformed the nature of these mountain protests.
    • As we affect and transform nature, so we are affected and transformed by nature.
    • She certainly appears to have transformed the attitude of managers and staff, as well as that of her colleagues on the council.
    • His physical appearance transforms a strong performance into a memorable one.
    • That will help to transform many GP surgeries up and down the country.
    • The phenomenon is transforming the nature of technology service, an industry long infamous for being impersonal.
    • The hope is that the new material will transform the interior appearance of concrete buildings by making them feel light and airy rather than dark and heavy.
    • They transformed the appearances of a number of lucky shoppers who had won makeovers and new wardrobes.
    • Program One was about that, and the ways in which that's transforming the nature of war.
    • Cosmetic surgery can easily transform an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan, so it is being put to a new use - that is, to create ‘man-made beauty’.
    • There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America - a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat.
    • Those magic little wands can transform your appearance, giving your eyes a bright, wide-awake look, regardless of whether the rest of your face is au naturel or made up to perfection.
    • To fashion historians, he's the man who transformed male appearance in the 20th century.
    • Consider it a free accessory, that can complete your appearance and transform your look from night to day.
    • By varying color palettes, patterns and fabrics slipcovers can stylishly transform the appearance of any space.
    • The promise of eventual membership has transformed the nature of countries as diverse as Poland, Turkey and Romania.
    • Ending war means essentially transforming the nature of the arms export industry.
    • The history of human progress is the history of humankind taking things from nature, and transforming nature for its own benefit.
    • Voluntary effort can transform the appearance of an area and increase the respect that people have for their environment.
    Synonyms
    change, alter, modify, convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transmute, mutate
    1. 1.1no object Undergo a marked change.
      a wry cynicism rapidly transforms into an overwhelming sense of sourness
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was a coming of age, a place where boys transformed into men.
      • Then, personal passion or stress is purified and transformed into unselfish compassion.
      • This passage explicitly thematizes the way human temporality is experienced as some form of spatial movement - how space transforms into time.
      • In that single moment Susan transformed into a professional gearing up to draw and hold the attention of thousands of viewers.
      • The objects have been carefully arranged, lovingly transformed into what he calls reality art.
      • Somehow she transforms into a siren who transfixes the beasts, literally in the middle of a brawl.
      • The Witch is pulled out of the oven, transformed into a big cake.
      • It ought to be a little bit gratifying: Boring, beige-wearing mom transforms into wild rock chick - that's good stuff right there.
      • Staff say the scheme is already proving a success with one troubled child now transformed into a model pupil who has won school awards.
      • And then, as I get older, it transforms into something else.
      • A street protest in Washington D.C. transforms into a no-gluten, soy-cheese, all veggie pizza party.
      • Hence, a trip to the cinema transforms into a full-day activity for the family.
      • Gradually this captivating dancer transformed into multiple savage creatures.
      • The neglected garden in the back yard was, in a moment, transformed into a junkyard of shattered masonry.
      • The threats of the past have transformed into agreements of economic, cultural and scientific cooperation.
      • It concludes with how the tenants react to the accident, and how their noise transforms into music.
      • At the end of that movie we find him transformed into adult, at last ready to try to make a difference.
      • The short film focuses on a businessman who transforms into a drag queen at night.
      • She adjusts her breasts and runs her hand over her hair, as she transforms into her character.
      • Just immerse in the world of music, it transforms into a medicine for both physical and mental ailments.
      Synonyms
      change, alter, modify, convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transmute, mutate
    2. 1.2 Change the voltage of (an electric current).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A ½ x ½ inch ceramic battery can transform body heat into electrical power.
      • Those receive their 11,000 volt current underground and then transform it to a voltage suitable for the domestic consumers in just one or two roads or streets.
      • There the signal is passed through the skin to the implant, which transforms the signal to electrical pulses.
      • The wind plant captures and transforms wind energy into direct current electricity.
      • I used a power stepper to transform the frequency and also to down the voltage from 240v to 110v.
  • 2Mathematics
    Change (a mathematical entity) by transformation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All variables used in this study were transformed to natural logarithms before the correlation analyses were performed.
    • Percentage of emergence was transformed to arcsin square root.
    • He replaced the differential operator d/dx by a variable p transforming a differential equation into an algebraic equation.
    • Variables were transformed with natural logarithms or square roots to normalize residuals.
    • He used them to transform Laplace's equation into ellipsoidal coordinates and so separate the variables and solve the resulting equation.
noun trɑːnsˈfɔːmtranzˈfɔːmˈtranzfɔːmˈtrɑːnsfɔːmtransˈfɔːmˈtransfɔːmˈtrɑːnzfɔːmtrɑːnzˈfɔːmˈtræn(t)sfɔrmtræn(t)sˈfɔrmtran(t)sˈfôrm
Linguistics Mathematics
  • 1The product of a transformation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The wavelet transform is designed to produce the best image possible given the bandwidth of the medium of transmission.
    • In the bottom portion of the figure, the logarithmic transform of power is presented.
    • A constant uncertainty on a linear scale transforms to a variable uncertainty on a log scale.
    • In 1935, the Laplace transform was a topic of frontline research, by 1955 it was standard fare in undergraduate courses.
    1. 1.1 A rule for making a transformation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The transformation rules may comprise both causal hypotheses and modal transforms.
      • Bateman's method was the now familiar one of applying the complex inversion formula of the Laplace transform.
      • Aleksandrov further developed the integral transform method and used asymptotic methods to solve the problem for a finite thickness layer.
      • Similar questions are investigated for the sine transforms rather than the cosine transforms.
      • Some readers will of course scream that refactoring has a prescribed set of transforms, many of which are described in great detail in this book.

Derivatives

  • transformable

  • adjective transˈfɔːməb(ə)ltræn(t)sˈfɔrməb(ə)l
    • Detachable sleeves, reversible jackets, transformable caps, drapes held up with snap buttons are not only user-friendly, but give people freedom.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Many more bacteria strains may be able to transform only under narrow, but natural conditions; such species may not yet have been identified as transformable.
      • It is easily transformable and can describe any type of content.
      • And the notions of the ideas about man's relationship to nature, are, by their nature, transformable into expressions of society's relationship to nature, and of man's natural relationship to man.
      • A fully transformable space, it can be sited just about anywhere, with a flexible, folding facade that opens up or closes the interior as required.

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): from Old French transformer or Latin transformare (see trans-, form).

Rhymes

conform, corm, dorm, form, forme, haulm, lukewarm, Maugham, misinform, norm, outperform, perform, shawm, storm, swarm, underperform, warm
 
 

Definition of transform in US English:

transform

verbtran(t)sˈfôrmtræn(t)sˈfɔrm
[with object]
  • 1Make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of.

    lasers have transformed cardiac surgery
    he wanted to transform himself into a successful businessman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cosmetic surgery can easily transform an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan, so it is being put to a new use - that is, to create ‘man-made beauty’.
    • Ending war means essentially transforming the nature of the arms export industry.
    • The promise of eventual membership has transformed the nature of countries as diverse as Poland, Turkey and Romania.
    • There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America - a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat.
    • Those magic little wands can transform your appearance, giving your eyes a bright, wide-awake look, regardless of whether the rest of your face is au naturel or made up to perfection.
    • News of the Revolution of July 1830 in Paris transformed the nature of these mountain protests.
    • The history of human progress is the history of humankind taking things from nature, and transforming nature for its own benefit.
    • They transformed the appearances of a number of lucky shoppers who had won makeovers and new wardrobes.
    • By varying color palettes, patterns and fabrics slipcovers can stylishly transform the appearance of any space.
    • Program One was about that, and the ways in which that's transforming the nature of war.
    • We yearn for the simple life, thinking that being closer to nature will transform us into spiritual, earth-preserving people.
    • His physical appearance transforms a strong performance into a memorable one.
    • Consider it a free accessory, that can complete your appearance and transform your look from night to day.
    • The hope is that the new material will transform the interior appearance of concrete buildings by making them feel light and airy rather than dark and heavy.
    • Voluntary effort can transform the appearance of an area and increase the respect that people have for their environment.
    • To fashion historians, he's the man who transformed male appearance in the 20th century.
    • The phenomenon is transforming the nature of technology service, an industry long infamous for being impersonal.
    • She certainly appears to have transformed the attitude of managers and staff, as well as that of her colleagues on the council.
    • That will help to transform many GP surgeries up and down the country.
    • As we affect and transform nature, so we are affected and transformed by nature.
    Synonyms
    change, alter, modify, convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transmute, mutate
    1. 1.1no object Undergo a transformation.
      an automobile that transformed into a boat
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then, personal passion or stress is purified and transformed into unselfish compassion.
      • The short film focuses on a businessman who transforms into a drag queen at night.
      • The neglected garden in the back yard was, in a moment, transformed into a junkyard of shattered masonry.
      • The Witch is pulled out of the oven, transformed into a big cake.
      • Somehow she transforms into a siren who transfixes the beasts, literally in the middle of a brawl.
      • The objects have been carefully arranged, lovingly transformed into what he calls reality art.
      • She adjusts her breasts and runs her hand over her hair, as she transforms into her character.
      • And then, as I get older, it transforms into something else.
      • Hence, a trip to the cinema transforms into a full-day activity for the family.
      • A street protest in Washington D.C. transforms into a no-gluten, soy-cheese, all veggie pizza party.
      • In that single moment Susan transformed into a professional gearing up to draw and hold the attention of thousands of viewers.
      • Gradually this captivating dancer transformed into multiple savage creatures.
      • This passage explicitly thematizes the way human temporality is experienced as some form of spatial movement - how space transforms into time.
      • It ought to be a little bit gratifying: Boring, beige-wearing mom transforms into wild rock chick - that's good stuff right there.
      • It was a coming of age, a place where boys transformed into men.
      • It concludes with how the tenants react to the accident, and how their noise transforms into music.
      • The threats of the past have transformed into agreements of economic, cultural and scientific cooperation.
      • Staff say the scheme is already proving a success with one troubled child now transformed into a model pupil who has won school awards.
      • At the end of that movie we find him transformed into adult, at last ready to try to make a difference.
      • Just immerse in the world of music, it transforms into a medicine for both physical and mental ailments.
      Synonyms
      change, alter, modify, convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transmute, mutate
    2. 1.2 Change the voltage of (an electric current).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Those receive their 11,000 volt current underground and then transform it to a voltage suitable for the domestic consumers in just one or two roads or streets.
      • A ½ x ½ inch ceramic battery can transform body heat into electrical power.
      • I used a power stepper to transform the frequency and also to down the voltage from 240v to 110v.
      • The wind plant captures and transforms wind energy into direct current electricity.
      • There the signal is passed through the skin to the implant, which transforms the signal to electrical pulses.
    3. 1.3Mathematics Change (a mathematical entity) by transformation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Variables were transformed with natural logarithms or square roots to normalize residuals.
      • He replaced the differential operator d/dx by a variable p transforming a differential equation into an algebraic equation.
      • Percentage of emergence was transformed to arcsin square root.
      • All variables used in this study were transformed to natural logarithms before the correlation analyses were performed.
      • He used them to transform Laplace's equation into ellipsoidal coordinates and so separate the variables and solve the resulting equation.
nounˈtræn(t)sfɔrmtræn(t)sˈfɔrmtran(t)sˈfôrmˈtran(t)sfôrm
Mathematics Linguistics
  • 1The product of a transformation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The wavelet transform is designed to produce the best image possible given the bandwidth of the medium of transmission.
    • A constant uncertainty on a linear scale transforms to a variable uncertainty on a log scale.
    • In 1935, the Laplace transform was a topic of frontline research, by 1955 it was standard fare in undergraduate courses.
    • In the bottom portion of the figure, the logarithmic transform of power is presented.
    1. 1.1 A rule for making a transformation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Similar questions are investigated for the sine transforms rather than the cosine transforms.
      • Aleksandrov further developed the integral transform method and used asymptotic methods to solve the problem for a finite thickness layer.
      • Bateman's method was the now familiar one of applying the complex inversion formula of the Laplace transform.
      • The transformation rules may comprise both causal hypotheses and modal transforms.
      • Some readers will of course scream that refactoring has a prescribed set of transforms, many of which are described in great detail in this book.

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): from Old French transformer or Latin transformare (see trans-, form).

 
 
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