transmute

• vt. 使變形；使變質
• vi. 變形；變質

trans-,轉移，轉變，-mut,改變，詞源同 mutate,mutual.

transmute (v.)

late 14c., "transform the appearance of," from Latin transmutare "to change" (see transmutation). Related: Transmuted; transmuting.

1. Medieval alchemists attempted to transmute base metals into gold.

中世紀的煉丹術士企圖把賤金屬煉成金.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. We can transmute water power into electrical power.

我們能將水力變成電力.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. One of the supreme quests of alchemy is to transmute lead into gold.

煉金術的終極目的之一是將鉛轉化為金。

來自辭典例句

4. It is possible to transmute one form of energy into another.

把某種形態的能量改變成另一形態的能量是可能的.

來自辭典例句

5. A radioactive atom could transmute itself into an entirely different kind of atom.

放射性原子本身能嬗變為性質完全不同的另一種原子.

來自辭典例句