late 14c., from Latin transfigurationem (nominative transfiguratio) "a change of form," noun of action from past participle stem of transfigurare (see transfigure). In English, originally "the change in appearance of Christ before his disciples" (Matt. xvii:2; Mark ix:2,3). The non-Christian sense is first recorded 1540s.
权威例句
1. For the brief space that it lasted, it was a dark transfiguration.
在那蹙额皱眉的刹那间, 那可真是一种阴森的变脸.
2. It was a sudden transfiguration , a lifting - up of day.
那是突如其来的变形, 是白昼的升华.
3. It was less a reform than a transfiguration.
他这时候与其说是洗面革心,不如说是改头换面.
4. We never use transfiguration as a punishment!
阿拉斯特,我们从不用变形魔法惩罚学生!
5. In some sense, if a spell is not Transfiguration, it's probably Charms.