transmute
                    
      英 [trænzˈmjuːt]                            
                        美 [trænsˈmjuːt]                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
             
                        
            
                transmute 使变化,变质,变形trans-,转移,转变,-mut,改变,词源同 mutate,mutual.
             
                        
            
                
- transmute (v.)
 
- late 14c., "transform the appearance of," from Latin transmutare "to change" (see transmutation). Related: Transmuted; transmuting.
 
                  
                        
            
                
- 1. Medieval alchemists attempted to transmute base metals into gold. 
  - 中世纪的炼丹术士企图把贱金属炼成金.
   
- 2. We can transmute water power into electrical power. 
  - 我们能将水力变成电力.
   
- 3. One of the supreme quests of alchemy is to transmute lead into gold. 
  - 炼金术的终极目的之一是将铅转化为金。
   
- 4. It is possible to transmute one form of energy into another. 
  - 把某种形态的能量改变成另一形态的能量是可能的.
   
- 5. A radioactive atom could transmute itself into an entirely different kind of atom. 
  - 放射性原子本身能嬗变为性质完全不同的另一种原子.