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单词 change
释义 change
I. \ˈchānj\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English changen, from Old French changier, from Latin cambiare to exchange, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish camm crooked; akin to Greek skambos crooked and probably to Swedish skimpa to hop, Lithuanian kibti to hook on
transitive verb
1. : to make different:
 a. : to make different in some particular but short of conversion into something else : alter, modify
  < on advice of counsel she never bothered to change the will — Alan Hynd >
  < can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots — Jer 13: 23 (Authorized Version) >
  < sorrow has changed him in mental attitude >
 b. : to make over to a radically different form, composition, state, or disposition : transform, convert
  < the airplane simply changes the map of a territory as vast and as little built up as the Congo — Tom Marvel >
  < you can't change human nature >
  < he is not moved … he is not changed by his experience — Herbert Read >
 specifically : to lead (a person) to religious conversion
 c. : to dispose of or give up toward the substituting of something roughly equivalent — used with into
  < she had to change the family jewels into land >
  < change a monarchy into a republic >
 d. : to give a different position, status, course, or direction to
  < changing residence from Switzerland to Portugal >
  < the electrolytic refining process that was to change aluminum from a scientific curiosity to a widely used material — American Guide Series: Arkansas >
  < he seldom changes his itinerary >
  < changed our thinking about parole >
 e. : to shift or transfer in position — used with to
  < Netta changed her weight from one foot to the other — Stuart Cloete >
  < he was changed from KP to guard duty >
 f. : to give a contrary character or trend to : reverse
  < change one's vote >
  < changed his stand >
  < abruptly changing his policy >
 g. : castrate, spay
  < our cat has been changed >
2. : to substitute another or others in place of (something under consideration) : make substitution for or among:
 a. : to replace with another or others of the same kind or class : remove, discard, or withdraw and replace with another
  < changing the school's name >
  < the movie made of the novel changes the ending >
  < let's change the subject >
  < intended for the law, he changed plans before graduation >
  < frequently changing hands in turning the crank >
 b. : to switch to another
  < he changed his seat >
  < official permission to change occupation >
  < the right to hold or change faith >
  < not till you change your attitude >
  : make a shift from one to another of two
  < forced to change planes by bad weather >
  < one does not change parties as he changes tailors >
  < weakly changing sides in the argument >
 c. : to give or receive an equivalent sum in bank notes or coins of other (as smaller) denomination or of a different national currency in return for
  < change a 20-dollar bill >
 d. : to undergo a loss or modification of (some property or aspect)
  < we arrived in time to find the foliage rapidly changing color >
  < when confronted with the photograph the accused changed countenance >
 e. : to put a fresh covering on to replace that or those in use (as a diaper on a baby, garments on a bed patient, covers on a bed)
3.
 a. : to give (something) to another, taking in return something corresponding : give and receive reciprocally : interchange — now used chiefly in colloquial applications
  < wilt thou change fathers? I will give thee mine — Shakespeare >
  < this chamber change for one more holy — E.A.Poe >
  < I wouldn't change places with him >
  < let's change seats >
  < he and I changed shifts so he could attend his son's graduation >
 b. : to give up, taking in return something of a different kind : exchange, trade — used with for
  < 'tis a fault I will not change for your best virtues — Shakespeare >
  < for a new name … to change the honors of abandoned Rome — P.B.Shelley >
  < change a uniform for mufti >
  < unwilling to change independence for the comforts of wealth >
intransitive verb
1. : to become different in one or more respects without becoming something else:
 a. : to lose or to acquire some characteristic, property, or tendency : alter
  < the changing foliage of autumn >
  < with the threat of war the popular mood changed >
  < racial relations seem to be changing for the better >
 b.
  (1) : to pass from one form, appearance, position, state, or stage to another : shift
   < the country has survived changing governments >
   < wait till the light changes >
   < changing world conditions >
   < fashions change like the weather >
  (2) obsolete : to pale or blush
   < how they change! Their cheeks are paper — Shakespeare >
 c. : to increase or decrease
  < prices change overnight >
 d. : to adopt different customs, methods, attitudes
  < people don't like to change — J.P.Blank >
 specifically : to experience a religious conversion
 e. of the moon : to pass from one phase to another; specifically : to pass through the phase of new moon
 f. chiefly dialect : to turn sour : become tainted
 g. : to shift one's means of conveyance : transfer
  < there we changed to a local train >
 h. of the voice : to shift to lower register : break
 i. Britain : to shift gears
2. : to turn into or become something materially different from before:
 a. : to undergo transformation or conversion — used with into
  < but the truth is that after a certain point quantity of money does indeed change into a quality of personality — Lionel Trilling >
 b. : to pass over from one character or state : undergo transition — used with to
  < winter changed to spring >
  < the terrain changed gradually from rolling farm land to rugged mining country >
  < the chilly sensations change to discomfort and the acuity of touch sensations and muscular reactions are dulled — H.G.Armstrong >
 c. : to undergo substantial substitution or replacement or to be wholly replaced
  < external circumstances may change catastrophically, as during a war — Aldous Huxley >
  < the diet of marine species is generally very varied, and often changes considerably as the animals grow older and larger — W.H.Dowdeswell >
  < how the objects of a war may change completely during its progress — Zechariah Chafee >
3. : to disrobe and rearray oneself more suitably especially in clothes suitable for a social or formal occasion
 < prepared to change for dinner >
4.
 a. obsolete : to accept something else in return
  < but might I of Jove's nectar sip I would not change for thine — Ben Jonson >
 b. obsolete : to give up what one has in exchange — used with for
 c. : to engage in giving something and receiving something in return : exchange
  < I need a lighter ax; I'll change with you >
Synonyms:
 alter, modify, vary: change is wide in use and meaning and may be used in place of any of the others in this set on most occasions. alter may suggest changes only in a single detail or characteristic, without an ensuing loss of identity or new essential character
  < he looked … with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing — Charles Dickens >
  < Tockwotton House, the grounds of which, somewhat altered with the passing years, now form Tockwotton Park — American Guide Series: Rhode Island >
  modify may indicate a change away from an extreme or a minor change made in the interest of adapting to a new use, function, or significance
  < Boner, refusing to modify his politics, found all doors closed to him in his own state — Tremaine McDowell >
  < all of these have their respiratory organs modified to suit their mode of respiration — Joyce Allen >
  vary stresses a breaking away from sameness, from identity, duplication, exact repetition
  < this is not a proceeding which may be varied … but is a precise course accurately marked out by law and is to be stricly preserved — John Marshall >
  < tasks may be varied slightly, as when a worker in a cigarette factory is shifted from the job of feeding tobacco into a machine to the job of packing and weighing — Aldous Huxley >
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- change color
- change ends
- change gears
- change hands
- change one's feet
- change step
- change the leg
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from changier, v. — more at change I
1. : the action of making something different in form, quality, or state : the fact of becoming different : introduction of novelty
 < change consists in realizing a potentiality that is not real already — W.T.Harris >
 < things and processes are the sort of entities of which change is predicable — Arthur Pap >
 < in other words, change is concomitant variation in time and some other respect — Nelson Goodman >
— used often without implication as to bettering or worsening and often with an implication of undirection or haphazardness
2.
 a. : an instance of making or becoming different in some particular : a departure from a norm : a deviation from established character, sequence, or condition : a divergence from uniformity or constancy in any quality, quantity, or degree : alteration, modification, variation, mutation
  < but in the daily routine of their business there was little change — Thomas Hardy >
  < for while there have been several clear and distinct changes in the pattern, the essence of the university tradition has through all the years remained constant — J.B.Conant >
  < quite clearly, there is no change in phenomenal any more than in physical time — Nelson Goodman >
 b. : a passing from one state to another marked by radically different makeup, character, or operation, whether by sudden mutation or gradually by evolution : transformation, conversion
  < there is always the danger that people who are impatient when change comes too slowly will attempt violent solutions — P.E.James >
  < the semantics of functional change >
  < since the beginning of the 20th century, however, the time span of social change is shorter than a human life — Maurice Graney >
  < another kind of evidence for the ubiquitousness of change in culture can be drawn from our own everyday experience as well as from nonliterate societies — M.J.Herskovits >
 c. : a shift in relation to surroundings (as to a different place, situation, course level)
  < prices are subject to change without notice >
 d. : a switch to contrasting character or trend : reversal
 e. : change of life
 f. obsolete : inconstancy
  < it is the woman's part … ambitions, covetings, change of prides, disdain, nice longing, slanders, mutability … for even to vice they are not constant — Shakespeare >
 g. : a religious or moral conversion
 h. : any step in the manufacture of soap by boiling including drawing off and addition of liquid (as lye or brine)
  < strong change >
  < salt change >
3. : the action of replacing something with something else of the same kind or with something that serves as a substitute : substitution
 < beware of sudden change in any great point of diet — Francis Bacon >
 < but change of air changes not the mind — John Milton >
 a. : a replacing of some agent, method, means, material, or other subject of regard with a different one
  < wore out four changes of horses as he galloped all night — Dorothy C. Fisher >
  < striking for changes in working conditions >
 b. : a shift from some mode of personal action or disposition or matter of concern to a different one
  < American expansion into the Pacific and into the Caribbean, however, represented a change in American thinking — Carol L. Thompson >
 c.
  (1) : the passage of the moon from one monthly revolution to another
  (2) : the coming of the new moon
  (3) : the passage of the moon from one phase to another (as crescent to quarter)
 d. : a spare or reserve outfit of clothing or article of wear to replace one in use; also : the act of making a transfer from one of these to the other
  < management supplies each worker with three changes a week >
  < time for a quick change before dinner >
 e. : a succeeding or superseding of some activity, condition, circumstance, or other phenomenon or relationship by a different one
  < on the occasion of her recent tour it was, for a change, a beautiful summer evening — G.W.Talbot >
 f. : a transfer from one point to another in time, space, or measure
  < a change of venue to an adjoining county >
  < sudden changes of temperature >
 g. : a shift of weight from one foot to the other in dancing
4.
 a. obsolete : reciprocal giving and receiving : exchange
 b. Britain : something that is due or obtained in return (as by way of retaliation, by way of advantage over another, or by way of desired cooperation or disclosure)
5. Britain : a place where merchants, brokers, bankers meet to transact business — used with a prefixed apostrophe as if an abbreviation of exchange
 < with sensational press campaigns and stocks and shares on 'change — William Irvine >
6.
 a. : the equivalent in money of small denominations of a sum of money in higher denominations or the equivalent in money of one currency of a sum in another currency
  < to get change at a bank to facilitate cash sales >
  < supplying change for a tourist's dollars >
 b. : money returned to one making a payment consisting of the difference between the amount of money given in payment and the amount due
  < to receive 11 cents in change >
  < a cashier quick at making change >
 c. : coins especially of low denominations
  < jingling a pocketful of change >
 d. slang : money in hand : dough
7. : any order in which a set of bells is struck in change ringing properly other than that of the diatonic scale but loosely including it
 < in ringing the changes a bell may shift one place in position or keep its position >
8.
 a.
  (1) : figure 13a
  (2) in square dancing : a dancing of the figure around the set
 b. : call 14
III. adjective
Etymology: change (I)
archaic : serving or held ready to serve as a substitute
IV. noun
1. : a negligible additional amount
 < only six minutes and change left in the game >
2. : change of pace 2
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