[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)变形;(使)变化 If something transmutes or is transmuted into a different form, it is changed into that form.
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She ceased to think, as anger transmuted into passion...
当怒火转化为激情,她停止了思考。
Scientists transmuted matter into pure energy and exploded the first atomic bomb.
科学家将物质转化为纯粹的能量,引爆了第一颗原子弹。
transmutation
...the transmutation of food into energy.
食物到能量的转化
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trans·mute/trænzˈmjuːt; NAmEtrænzˈmjuːt//trænsˈmjuːt; NAmEtrænsˈmjuːt/verb[transitive , intransitive ]transmute(sth) (into sth) ( formal) to change, or make sth change, into sth different (使)变化,变质,变形SYN
transform
◆It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold.有人曾经认为铅可以变成黄金。▶trans·mu·ta·tiontransmutationtransmutations/ˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃn; NAmEˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃn//ˌtrænsmjuːˈteɪʃn; NAmEˌtrænsmjuːˈteɪʃn/noun[countable , uncountable ]transmutetransmutestransmutedtransmutingtrans·mute/trænzˈmjuːt; NAmEtrænzˈmjuːt/trans·mu·ta·tion/ˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃn; NAmEˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃn/