transmute
verb [transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they transmute | |
| he / she / it transmutes | |
| past simple transmuted | |
| past participle transmuted | |
| -ing form transmuting |
- transmute (something) (into something)
to change, or make something change, into something different （使）变化，变质，变形 It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold. 有人曾经认为铅可以变成黄金。 My initial feelings of anger have now transmuted into a sense of sorrow and frustration. 我最初的愤怒现在已经变成了悲伤和沮丧。 Pain is the philosophic vitriol which transmutes mere mortal into immortal. 痛苦是将凡人变为不朽的哲学尖酸刻薄。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin transmutare, from trans- ‘across’ + mutare ‘to change’.