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单词 transmogrify
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Definition of transmogrify in English:

transmogrify

verbtransmogrifying, transmogrifies, transmogrified transˈmɒɡrɪfʌɪtrɑːnsˈmɒɡrɪfʌɪtrɑːnzˈmɒɡrɪfʌɪtranzˈmɒɡrɪfʌɪ
[with object]humorous
  • Transform in a surprising or magical manner.

    his home was transmogrified into a hippy crash pad
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Information from weather satellites, and from street cameras in Cork, will be fed into a computer where, thanks to the magic of programming, it will be transmogrified into a knitting pattern.
    • As I have recently been transmogrified into a godfather, these things have become curiously more interesting.
    • It, however, proves the pertinent fact that, if you have the financial power, you can transmogrify a nation of persecuted people into villains and a bunch of terrorists into heroes.
    • Yet how this common set of tropes unfolds is hardly familiar, totally transmogrifying a well-worn stone of a concept into a profoundly deep theatrical gem.
    • An existential experience of tragedy and loss is converted into technical problems that transmogrify its existential roots.
    • The next recession could transmogrify many dot-com millionaires into poor folks.
    • I've been transmogrified into a something I can't claim as my own being.
    • They have now been transmogrified into ‘tokens of esteem’ that can net their recipients anything up to 1 million.
    • Suddenly the members of my support team were transmogrified into aliens.
    • It is transmogrified by Greek and Bulgarian investors into a Balkan business hub.
    • Like infesting alien pods, American culture threatens to transmogrify the planet, as the speaker put it, into one big New Jersey.
    • They are not a part of a narrative, neither are they transmogrified creatures of fantasy and myth.
    • In 1988 the paper transmogrified itself from a dull, traditional broadsheet into a design lead hip'n'happening paper.
    • Otherwise, how can slim evidence of past crimes be transmogrified into compelling evidence of future ones?
    • The skyline is being transmogrified by luxury condo towers all over the place.
    • Only in death can their message be transmogrified and their myth perfectly preserved forever.
    • They just want to drink and smoke and pretend the world isn't transmogrifying every second.
    • Thanks largely to his agitprop and fraternisation with the enemy, his brothers-in-arms were transmogrified into war criminals and baby-killers.
    • I kind of hope the world ends or is transmogrified somehow (preferably the latter) during my lifetime.
    • The Spanish cucaracha made no sense to English speakers, so they transmogrified it into ‘cockroach’.
    Synonyms
    change, alter, modify, convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transmute, mutate

Derivatives

  • transmogrification

  • nountransˌmɒɡrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)ntrɑːnzˌmɒɡrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)ntranzˌmɒɡrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)ntrɑːnsˌmɒɡrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
    humorous
    • They are a reaction to oppression - or at least a transmogrification of the angry white male into the docile white wimp.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This transmogrification is mainly government-induced.
      • How did this strange transmogrification occur?
      • She's about 15, and she's going through that evil transmogrification that all teenage girls go through, where they grow scales and can breathe fire.
      • This essay has undergone several transmogrifications over the years to fit specific themes of specific conferences.

Origin

Mid 17th century: of unknown origin.

 
 

Definition of transmogrify in US English:

transmogrify

verb
[with object]humorous
  • Transform in a surprising or magical manner.

    the cucumbers that were ultimately transmogrified into pickles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Suddenly the members of my support team were transmogrified into aliens.
    • The skyline is being transmogrified by luxury condo towers all over the place.
    • In 1988 the paper transmogrified itself from a dull, traditional broadsheet into a design lead hip'n'happening paper.
    • It, however, proves the pertinent fact that, if you have the financial power, you can transmogrify a nation of persecuted people into villains and a bunch of terrorists into heroes.
    • They just want to drink and smoke and pretend the world isn't transmogrifying every second.
    • Thanks largely to his agitprop and fraternisation with the enemy, his brothers-in-arms were transmogrified into war criminals and baby-killers.
    • I've been transmogrified into a something I can't claim as my own being.
    • They have now been transmogrified into ‘tokens of esteem’ that can net their recipients anything up to 1 million.
    • As I have recently been transmogrified into a godfather, these things have become curiously more interesting.
    • Otherwise, how can slim evidence of past crimes be transmogrified into compelling evidence of future ones?
    • Like infesting alien pods, American culture threatens to transmogrify the planet, as the speaker put it, into one big New Jersey.
    • Information from weather satellites, and from street cameras in Cork, will be fed into a computer where, thanks to the magic of programming, it will be transmogrified into a knitting pattern.
    • Yet how this common set of tropes unfolds is hardly familiar, totally transmogrifying a well-worn stone of a concept into a profoundly deep theatrical gem.
    • It is transmogrified by Greek and Bulgarian investors into a Balkan business hub.
    • They are not a part of a narrative, neither are they transmogrified creatures of fantasy and myth.
    • The Spanish cucaracha made no sense to English speakers, so they transmogrified it into ‘cockroach’.
    • An existential experience of tragedy and loss is converted into technical problems that transmogrify its existential roots.
    • I kind of hope the world ends or is transmogrified somehow (preferably the latter) during my lifetime.
    • The next recession could transmogrify many dot-com millionaires into poor folks.
    • Only in death can their message be transmogrified and their myth perfectly preserved forever.
    Synonyms
    change, alter, modify, convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transmute, mutate

Origin

Mid 17th century: of unknown origin.

 
 
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