transmuted
past simple and past participle oftransmute
| 单词 | transmuted |
| 释义 | transmuted past simple and past participle oftransmute transmute verb[IorT,usually+ adv/prep] chemistryformalorspecializeduk/trænzˈmjuːt/us/trænsˈmjuːt/tochangesomethingcompletely,especiallyinto something different andbetter: A fewcenturiesago alchemiststhoughtthey could transmuteleadintogold. Plutonium transmutesinto/touraniumwhen it isprocessedin anuclearreactor. Changing
Examplesoftransmutedtransmuted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Attitudes aretransmutedand adapted but remain fundamentally what they have been for generations. From theCambridge English Corpus If a seed has absorbed water or germinated, it is consideredtransmuted(transmutedseed: status 1; untransmuted: status 0). From theCambridge English Corpus Her aria and their actions demonstrate the implacability of a desire that should have been stilled, or indeed,transmutedby their accession to power. From theCambridge English Corpus In the records she is ostensibly present, but is actually lost to her translated,transmuted, and sexualized inscription. From theCambridge English Corpus Its members weretransmutedinto true intellectuals by a process of revision that usually originated in personal examination. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, just as the possession of a generous income wastransmutedinto a form of self-sacrice, so too was the prospect of marriage. From theCambridge English Corpus The necessity for an existential dimension to the work in hand becomestransmutedinto a preference, even a quest for the elimination of the casual. From theCambridge English Corpus The pluriactive family eventuallytransmutedinto the small entrepreneur as market conditions improved. From theCambridge English Corpus Similarly, it can betransmutedfor oneself into such a concern. From theCambridge English Corpus This article has also set out to show that when political identities aretransmutedinto political action, the religiosity of politics is frequently implicit to that process. From theCambridge English Corpus It cannot cure our awful unemployment problem: it is only of help when it istransmuted, transformed, through engineering into useful ends. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope and believe that all that has been said and done will betransmutedinto human happiness where there would otherwise be misery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They cause embarrassment which istransmutedinto discrimination. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to see the creation of an "elephants' graveyard" where outdated charities could be painlessly dispatched ortransmutedto more relevant purposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The much vaunted freedom of establishment would becometransmutedinto a constant pressure to migrate to the current centres of economic activity. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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