| 单词 | transmutation |
| 释义 | transmutation (once / 6304 pages) n WORD FAMILY transmutation: transmutations+/transmutable: transmutability, untransmutable/transmute: transmutable, transmutation, transmuted, transmutes, transmuting USAGE EXAMPLESElsewhere, he has written unsparingly of “the remarkable transmutation of neoconservatism from intellectual movement to rabble-rousing Republican court ideology.” The New Yorker(Oct 17, 2016) Mr. Barnard, an author and editor, and Mr. Calvanese, who was the Central Park Conservancy’s vice president for operations, explore the park’s roots and transmutations. New York Times(Jun 24, 2016) Many of us have alter egos, but Damico’s transmutation is radical. Washington Times(May 21, 2016) 1n an act that changes the form or character or substance of something Syn|Hyper transubstantiation conversion the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another 2n (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment) the transmutation of base metals into gold proved to be impossible Hyper alteration, change, modification an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another 3n a qualitative change Syn|Hypo|Hyper shift, transformation advance, betterment, improvement a change for the better; progress in development population shifta change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population pyrolysistransformation of a substance produced by the action of heat sea changea profound transformation sublimation(chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid tin disease, tin pest, tin plaguethe transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures changeover, conversion, transitionan event that results in a transformation degeneration, retrogressionpassing from a more complex to a simpler biological form strengtheningbecoming stronger weakeningbecoming weaker resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivificationbringing again into activity and prominence debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustionserious weakening and loss of energy elaboration, refinementthe result of improving something accommodation, adjustment, fittingmaking or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances glycogenesisthe conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand isomerisation, isomerizationthe conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself rectificationthe conversion of alternating current to direct current conservation, preservationan occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change recoveryreturn to an original state atrophy, witheringany weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) attenuation, fadingweakening in force or intensity downfall, falla sudden decline in strength or number or importance abiotrophya loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury cataplasia(biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form loosening, relaxation, slackeningan occurrence of control or strength weakening alteration, change, modification an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
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