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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary trans·fer \\tran(t)s-ˈfər, ˈtran(t)s-ˌ\\ verb( trans·ferred ; trans·fer·ring) ETYMOLOGY Middle English transferren, from Anglo-French transferrer, from Latin transferre, from trans- + ferre to carry — more at bear DATE 14th century transitive verb1. a. to convey from one person, place, or situation to another : move , shift b. to cause to pass from one to another : transmit c. transform , change 2. to make over the possession or control of : convey 3. to print or otherwise copy from one surface to another by contactintransitive verb1. to move to a different place, region, or situation; especially : to withdraw from one educational institution to enroll at another2. to change from one vehicle or transportation line to another• trans·fer·abil·i·ty \\(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˌfər-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē\\ noun• trans·fer·able also trans·fer·ra·ble \\tran(t)s-ˈfər-ə-bəl\\ adjective• trans·fer·al \\-əl\\ noun• trans·fer·rer \\-ər\\ noun \\ˈtran(t)s-ˌfər\\ noun DATE 1674 1. a. conveyance of right, title, or interest in real or personal property from one person to another b. removal or acquisition of property by mere delivery with intent to transfer title2. a. an act, process, or instance of transferring : transference 2 b. the carryover or generalization of learned responses from one type of situation to another3. one that transfers or is transferred; especially : a graphic image transferred by contact from one surface to another4. a place where a transfer is made (as of trains to ferries or as where one form of power is changed to another)5. a ticket entitling a passenger on a public conveyance to continue the trip on another route transfer transfer (v.) 1382, from L. transferre "bear across, carry over, transfer, translate," from trans- "across" + ferre "to carry" (see infer). The noun is first attested 1674. Transference in psychoanalytical sense is recorded from 1911, transl. Ger. übertragung (Freud). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ transfertrans·ferverb/ trAns5fE:(r) / ( -rr-) TO NEW PLACE 到新地方 1. ~ (sth / sb) (from...) (to...) to move from six place to another; to move sth / sb from six place to another (使)转移,搬迁: ▪ [V] The film studio is transferring to Hollywood. 这家电影制片厂正迁往好莱坞。 ▪ [VN] How can I transfer money from my bank account to his? 怎么才能把我账户上的钱转到他的账户上呢? The patient was transferred to another hospital. 患者转送到了另一家医院。 ▪ [VN V] (especially NAmE) I couldn't transfer all my credits from junior college. 我无法把我在专科学校的所有学分都转过来。 (especially NAmE) If I spend a semester in Madrid, will my credits transfer? 如果我在马德里上一学期的课,我的学分能转过来吗?TO NEW JOB / SCHOOL / SITUATION 到新的工作/学校/环境 2. ~ (sb) (from...) (to...) to move from six job, school, situation, etc. to another; to arrange for sb to move (使)调动;转职;转学;改变(环境): ▪ [V] Children usually transfer to secondary school at 11 or 12. 儿童通常在 11 或 12 岁时升读中学。 He transferred to UCLA after his freshman year. 他读完大学一年级后,转学到加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校。 ▪ [VN] Ten employees are being transferred from the sales department. 十名雇员已调离销售部。FEELING / DISEASE / POWER 感觉;疾病;权力 3. if you transfer a feeling, a disease, or power, etc., or if it transfers from six person to another, the second person has it, often instead of the first 转移(感情);传染(疾病);让与,转让(权力等) ▪ [VN] Joe had already transferred his affections from Lisa to Cleo. 乔已移情别恋,把爱意从莉萨转移到了克利奥身上。 This disease is rarely transferred from mother to baby (= so that the baby has it as well as the mother). 这种疾病很少由母亲传给婴儿。 ▪ [also V]PROPERTY 财产 4. [VN] ~ sth (to sb) to officially arrange for sth to belong to sb else or for sb else to control sth 转让;让与 SYN sign over : He transferred the property to his son. 他把财产转让给了儿子。IN SPORT 体育运动 5. ~ (sb) (from...) (to...) (especially BrE) to move, or to move sb, to a different sports team, especially a professional football ( soccer ) team 转会,使转会(尤指职业足球队): ▪ [V] He transferred to Everton for £6 million. 他以 600 万英镑的转会费转到埃弗顿队。 ▪ [VN] He was transferred from Spurs to Arsenal for a huge fee. 他以巨额转会费从热刺队转到阿森纳队。TO NEW VEHICLE 换乘交通工具 6. ~ (sb) (from...) (to...) to change to a different vehicle during a journey; to arrange for sb to change to a different vehicle during a journey (使在旅途中)转乘,换乘,倒车: ▪ [V] I transferred at Bahrain for a flight to Singapore. 我在巴林转乘飞往新加坡的班机。 ▪ [VN] Passengers are transferred from the airport to the hotel by taxi. 旅客自机场改乘出租汽车到旅馆。INFORMATION / MUSIC, ETC. 信息、音乐等 7. ~ (sth) (from sth) (to sth) to copy information, music, an idea, etc. from six method of recording or presenting it to another; to be recorded or presented in a different way 转存,转录(资料、音乐等);改编: ▪ [VN] You can transfer data to a disk in a few seconds. 你可以在几秒钟内将数据转存到磁盘上。 ▪ [V] The novel does not transfer well to the movies. 这部小说不太适宜改编成电影。noun/ 5trAnsfE:(r) / CHANGE OF PLACE / JOB / SITUATION 地点/工作/环境的改变 1. [U, C] the act of moving sb / sth from six place, group or job to another; an occasion when this happens 搬迁;转移;调动;变换: electronic data transfer 电子数据传输 the transfer of currency from six country to another 货币从一国到另一国的汇划 He has asked for a transfer to the company's Paris branch. 他要求调到公司的巴黎分部。 After the election there was a swift transfer of power. 大选之后权力迅速交接。IN SPORT 体育运动 2. [U, C] the act of moving a sports player from six club or team to another (运动员)转会: It was the first goal he had scored since his transfer from Chelsea. 这是他从切尔西队转会过来之后的第一记入球。 a transfer fee 转会费 to be on the transfer list (= available to join another club) 上转会名单CHANGE OF VEHICLE 转车 3. [U, C] an act of changing to a different place, vehicle or route when you are travelling (旅途中的)中转,换乘,改变路线: The transfer from the airport to the hotel is included in the price. 票价包括从机场转车到旅馆的费用。TRAIN / BUS TICKET 火车/公共汽车票 4. [C] (NAmE) a ticket that allows a passenger to continue their journey on another bus or train 转车票;换乘票PICTURE 图画 5. [C] (especially BrE) ( NAmE usually decal) a picture or design that can be removed from a piece of paper and stuck onto a surface, for example by being pressed or heated 转印图画,转印图案(利用挤压或加热,可从纸上转印到物体的表面)PSYCHOLOGY 心理学 6. [U] (psychology 心) the process of using behaviour which has already been learned in six situation in a new situation 迁移(将已习得的行为在新的情况下应用)⇨ see also language transfer Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishtransfer verb ADV. carefully | directly Skills cannot be transferred directly from a trainer to a trainee. | easily Data is easily transferred electronically. | successfully | merely, simply | immediately | quickly, rapidly | gradually | eventually | temporarily | formally Sovereignty was formally transferred on December 27. | automatically | electronically | abroad, back transferring assets abroad VERB + TRANSFER agree to | refuse to PREP. across/between Can the disease be transferred across species? | from, into She transferred the sauce into a china jug. | onto, to Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishtransfer noun ADJ. massive The war caused a massive transfer of population. | efficient, smooth, successful the smooth transfer of power to the new government | net There has been a net transfer of lower-paid people away from the inner cities. | permanent Her boss recommended a permanent transfer overseas. | direct Employees are paid by direct transfer to a bank account. | data, information, knowledge | land, property | population | resource | technology | file, multimedia, software | inter-company, inter-hospital, etc. | bank, capital, cash, credit, financial, money, share, stock | electronic, telegraphic | embryo, gene | charge, electron, energy, heat, nuclear, thermal | close-season, free, 15-million-pound, etc. (all in football) VERB + TRANSFER make Only the owner can make a transfer of goods. | give sb His club have given him a free transfer. TRANSFER + VERB take place TRANSFER + NOUN deal, fee, list, payment, price, system (all in football) PREP. ~ between the transfer of property between private buyers | ~ from, ~ to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: marked transfer , or oil transfer process , or passive transfer , or telegraphic transfer , or transfer agent , or transfer book , or transfer box , or transfer caliper , or transfer case , or transfer company , or transfer house , or transfer ink , or transfer molding , or transfer of fire , or transfer of training , or transfer paper , or transfer payment , or transfer picture , or transfer printing , or transfer process , or transfer reaction , or transfer stamp , or transfer table , or transfer tax , or transfer track , or asynchronous transfer mode , or electronic funds transfer , or embryo transfer , or gamete intrafallopian transfer , or hypertext transfer protocol , or negative transfer , or transfer factor , or transfer RNA , or bromoil transfer , or gamete intrafallopian tube transfer , or cable transfer , or carbon transfer , or certified transfer , or diffusion-transfer process , or double transfer , or dye transfer trans·ferI. \ R tranzˈfər, traan-, -n(t)ˈsf-, ˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷, + vowel -fər.; - R -fə̄, + suffixal vowel -fər. also -fə̄r, + vowel in a following word -fər. or -fə̄ also -fə̄r\ verb( transferred ; transferred ; transferring ; transfers) Etymology: Middle English transferren, from Latin transferre, from trans- + ferre to carry, bear — more at bear transitive verb1. a. : to carry or take from one person or place to another : transport , remove < from underneath the litter he drew a packet … and transferred it deftly to the blue suit — D.M.Davin > < travelers were transferred to sloops to complete the journey — American Guide Series: New Jersey > < an effort was made to transfer a good share of the appointments from the president to congressmen — W.C.Ford > b. : to move or send to a different location especially for business, vocational, or military purposes < transferred her law practice to Greenville — Current Biography > < the company plans to transfer him to its west coast plant > < was commandant at Fort Pitt … and in the latter year was transferred to the remote frontier — C.F.Cochran > c. : to cause to pass from one person or thing to another : transmit < motion would be transferred from two cogged wheels to the big wheel through an endless chain — John Kobler > < no way in which he could transfer his own memories of European civilization into the Indian mind — Willa Cather > d. : to cause to transform : change — usually used with into < had transferred barren wastes … into fertile fields — Albert Hyma > < may upon occasion transfer himself into a tiger — Fay-Cooper Cole >2. : to make over or negotiate the possession or control of (a right, title, or property) by a legal process usually for a consideration : convey < to preserve the farm intact he transfers it to one heir > < transferred a part of their holdings … for $25,000 worth of stock — Marquis James >3. : to print, impress, or otherwise copy (as a drawing or engraved design) from one surface to another intransitive verb1. : to go or move to a different place or region to carry on a business or vocation < transferred from the bookshop to the concert agency and was … placed in charge of that division — Current Biography > < the company is transferring to an eastern location > < will transfer to the armored division as soon as his papers can be cleared >specifically : to withdraw from one educational institution to enroll at another < students can transfer to other leading colleges … without loss of credits — Ruth Wilson >2. : to change from one vehicle or transportation line to another < took the streetcar and transferred to the bus — Robert Hazel >Synonyms: see move II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun( -s) Usage: often attributive1. a. : the conveyance of right, title, or interest in either real or personal property from one person to another by sale, gift, or other process b. : the removal or acquisition of property by mere delivery with intent of the parties involved to transfer the title c. : an order transferring shares of stock or money; specifically : a telegraphic order to pay to one party money deposited by another at a distant office 2. : an act, process, or instance of transferring : transference < proposal for … a transfer of populations on a voluntary basis — Current History > < finds occasion for the transfer of his loyalty to a new cause >3. : one that is transferred: as a. : a picture produced by affixing to a support an image originally developed on a separate temporary support — compare bromoil transfer , carbon transfer b. : a drawing or writing printed in reverse from one surface on another; specifically : a reverse pattern (as for embroidery or a trademark) waxed or inked on tissue paper for printing on a textile material with the heat and pressure of an iron c. (1) : a drawing in lithographic crayon made or printed on paper and then impressed on stone or other material from which it is to be printed by lithography (2) : a specially prepared sheet of lithographic paper containing a design to be transferred from the original stone to a stone or metal printing surface d. : transfer picture e. : an individual shifted from one military unit to another < orders the sergeant to check in the new transfers > f. : a student that changes from one school to another < a limited number of transfers can be accepted by the college >4. : the distance a ship gains to the right or left from the time the helm is put over until it is on its new course — compare advance 8 5. a. : a place where cars or trains are transferred to boats or ferries for water transportation; also : a boat or ferry used for this purpose b. : transfer house c. : a point where a change is made from one form of power to another (as from electricity to steam) d. (1) : a turnout connecting two tracks at a crossing with switches outside the end frogs of the crossing (2) : a track connecting roads that cross on separated grades e. (1) : transfer company (2) : a vehicle of such a company f. : a ticket given with or without extra charge to a passenger on a public conveyance entitling him to continue his journey on another route or conveyance 6. a. : transference 2 b. : the carry-over or generalization of learned responses from one type of situation to another; specifically : the application in one field of study or effort of knowledge, skill, power, or ability acquired in another < there will be a certain degree of transfer from one skill to another if we direct our teaching to this end — Eliezer Reiger > < could not easily make the transfer from book to life — H.A.Overstreet >7. : the moving of knitted stitches from one machine (as a ribber) to another |