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Form Transfigure Figura Figure Træns'figə V.美化,改观 英 V.美观,改观(Transf

单词 transfigure
音标 [træns'figə]
解释 v.美化,改观
红宝书 【英】 v.美观,改观(transf orm outwardly for the better)
【记】 trans(改变)+figure( 形象)
【例】 She was transfigured by love.(爱情使她容光 焕发)
字源 transfigure (v.)
early 13c., from Old French transfigurer "change, transform" (12c.), and directly from Latin transfigurare "change the shape of," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + figurare "to form, fashion," from figura "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)). Related: Transfigured; transfiguring.
不择手段背单词 v. 使变形; 使变得崇高或更美
【记】trans改变, figure形象
【参】transform(v 转换; 使变形); transfuse(v 灌输; 输血)
【类】transfigure: aspect[appearance] = transfer: location『transfix: attention』使变形改变样子 = 转移改变位置『使呆住: 注意力』
趣味全助记 【记】trans 转变 + figure 外形

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