7 definitions found
trans·form /træn(t)sˈfɔrm/
(vt.)轉換,改變,改造,使…變形(vi.)改變,轉化,變換
trans·form /træn(t)sˈfɔ(ə)rm/ 及物動詞
轉化,轉變,變換,變質,改變,改造,改革,變形,變態,變壓,反式,反型
transform
變換
transform
變換
Trans·form v. t. [
imp. & p. p. Transformed p. pr. & vb. n. Transforming.]
1. To change the form of;
to change in shape or appearance;
to metamorphose;
as,
a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
Love may transform me to an oyster. --
Shak.
2. To change into another substance;
to transmute;
as,
the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
3. To change in nature,
disposition,
heart,
character,
or the like;
to convert.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. --
Rom. xii. 2.
4. Math. To change,
as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure,
into another from without altering its value.
Trans·form,
v. i. To be changed in form;
to be metamorphosed. [
R.]
His hair transforms to down. --
Addison.
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transform
v 1:
subject to a mathematical transformation
2:
change or alter in form,
appearance,
or nature; "
This
experience transformed her completely"; "
She transformed
the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "
transubstantiate
one element into another" [
syn:
transmute,
transubstantiate]
3:
change in outward structure or looks; "
He transformed into a
monster"; "
The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
[
syn:
transmute,
metamorphose]
4:
change from one form or medium into another; "
Braque
translated collage into oil" [
syn:
translate]
5:
convert (
one form of energy)
to another; "
transform energy
to light"
6:
change (
a bacterial cell)
into a genetically distinct cell
by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same
or closely related species
7:
increase or decrease (
an alternating current or voltage)