transmogrify
英 [trænz'mɒgrɪfaɪ; trɑːnz-; -ns-]
美
- vt. 使变成奇形怪状；使变形
英英释义
- 1. change completely the nature or appearance of;
- "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"
- "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"
- "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"
中文词源
transmogrify 使变形，使变成奇形怪状
trans-,转变，-mogr,词源不详，可能来自-migr 变体，词源同 migrate,transmigrate.用于指变成 坏的形状或状态。
英文词源
- transmogrify (v.)
- "to change completely," 1650s, apparently a perversion of transmigure, from transmigrate, perhaps influenced by modify. Related: Transmogrified; transmogrifying.
词态变化
第三人称单数: transmogrifies;过去式: transmogrified;过去分词: transmogrified;现在分词: transmogrifying;名词: transmogrification;