| 释义 |
transmutation/trænzmju:ˈteiʃ(ə)n, trɑ:nz-, -ns-/n. 1 the act or an instance of transmuting or changing into another form etc. 变形；变质；变化 2 the supposed alchemical process of changing base metals into gold (炼金术所求的)贱金属变黄金 3 Physics the changing of one element into another by nuclear bombardment etc. 【物理学】(核爆炸引起的)嬗变，蜕变 4 Geom. the changing of a figure or body into another of the same area or volume 【几】变形(只变形而不变面积或体积) 5 Biol. Lamarck's theory of the change of one species into another 【生】(物种的)演变，演化 □ transmutational adj.□ transmutationist n.[Middle English from Old French transmutation or Late Latin transmutatio (as TRANSMUTE)] |