transfigure
verb [often passive] (literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they transfigure | |
| he / she / it transfigures | |
| past simple transfigured | |
| past participle transfigured | |
| -ing form transfiguring |
- transfigure somebody/something
to change the appearance of a person or thing so that they look more beautiful 使改观；美化…的外表 Ann’s whole face was transfigured by the early morning light. 清晨的光线改变了安的整个面容。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French transfigurer or Latin transfigurare, from trans- ‘across’ + figura ‘figure’.