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单词 change points
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change /chānj/

transitive verb
  1. To alter or make different
  2. To give or receive for another or for an equivalent
  3. To cause to move or to pass from one state to another
  4. To exchange or replace
intransitive verb
  1. To undergo change
  2. To change one's clothes
  3. To transfer from (one bus, train, etc) to another
noun
  1. The act of changing
  2. Alteration or variation of any kind
  3. Exchange (archaic)
  4. Fickleness (archaic)
  5. A shift
  6. Variety
  7. Money given for money of a different kind, or in adjustment of a payment
  8. Coins of low value (collectively)
  9. Satisfaction (informal)
  10. An exchange (now usu 'change)
  11. Any of the various orders in which a peal of bells can be rung
ORIGIN: Fr changer, from L cambīre to barter

changeabilˈity or changeˈableness noun

  1. Fickleness
  2. The power of being changed

changeˈable adjective

  1. Subject or prone to change
  2. Fickle
  3. Inconstant
  4. Able to or capable of change
  5. Showing variation of colour

changeˈably adverb

changeˈful adjective

  1. Full of change
  2. Changeable

changeˈfully adverb

changeˈfulness noun

changeˈless adjective

  1. Without change
  2. Constant

changeˈlessly adverb

changeˈlessness noun

changeˈling noun

  1. A surreptitious substitute
  2. A child substituted for another, esp one supposed to be left by the fairies
  3. Hence, an undersized crabbed child
  4. A half-witted person (archaic)
  5. A person apt to change (archaic)

chāngˈer noun

  1. Someone or something that changes the form of anything
  2. A person employed in changing or discounting money (obsolete)

changeˈ-house noun (Scot)

A small inn or alehouse

changeˈover noun

  1. Transition to a new system, position or condition
  2. The act or process of passing over, exchanging or transferring from one to another

change point noun (surveying)

A staff station to which two sights are taken, a foresight and a backsight (also called turning point)

change-ringing see ring the changes below.

changeˈ-up noun (baseball)

A slower pitch, thrown to deceive the batter

changˈing-piece noun (Shakespeare)

A fickle person

changing room noun

A room or cubicle set aside for the use of people changing clothes

change colour

To blush or turn pale

change down (motoring)

To change to a lower gear

change face (surveying)

To rotate a theodolite telescope about its horizontal axis so as to change the sighting from left to right or vice versa

change front (military)

  1. To change the direction of fire of (troops, artillery, etc)
  2. To alter one's opinion

change gear

  1. To select a higher or lower gear (motoring)
  2. To increase or decrease the pace of activity (figurative)

change hands

To be transferred from one owner to another

change of air

A different climate or environment (also figurative)

change of heart

A change of attitude, viewpoint or opinion, often resulting in the reversal of a decision

change of life

The time of a woman's life at which menstruation is about to cease, the menopause

change of state (physics)

Any change in the state of matter, eg from solid to liquid, liquid to gas, etc

change oneself (now only Scot)

To change one's clothes

change one's mind

To form a different opinion

change one's tune

  1. To change one's attitudes or opinions
  2. To change one's manner of speaking

change over

  1. To change from one system, position, or attitude to another
  2. To exchange or transfer

change up (motoring)

To change to a higher gear

get no change out of (informal)

To be unsuccessful in attempts to obtain concessions, information, co-operation, etc from (a person or organization)

put the change on (old and dialect)

To delude or trick

ring the changes

  1. To go through all the possible permutations in ringing a peal of bells (changeˈ-ringing noun)
  2. To perform a repeated action or actions in varying ways, order, etc

small change

  1. (collectively) coins of low value
  2. A petty thing (informal)

the change same as change of life above.
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