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trans.mute (obj)HtrAnz5mjU:t, HtrB:nz-, $trAnz-v [always + adv/prep] fmlto change (something) completely, esp. into something different and better使变形; 使变质A shaft of sunlight had suddenly transmuted the room into a bright and welcoming place. [T]一束阳光使这间房间陡然变成了一个明亮舒适的地方。(fig.) I still can't believe that the obnoxious youth that I knew actually transmuted into a nice man. [I]我仍然不相信我认识的这个可恶的年轻人真的变成了一个好人。(specialized) Plutonium transmutes into/to uranium when it is processed in a nuclear reactor. [I]钚在核反应器中处理过以后变成了铀。A few centuries ago alchemists thought they could transmute lead into gold. [T]几个世纪以前炼金术士认为他们能把铅变成金子。
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