transmutation
transmutation — 名詞
- transmutationsingular
- transmutationsplural
1. a deep change that turns someone or something into a different form, role, or ki
轉化
徹底變成另一種樣子
a deep change that turns someone or something into a different form, role, or kind of thing
At the workshop, Isabela admired the transmutation of scrap metal into lamps.
在工作坊裡，Isabela 很欣賞廢金屬轉化成燈具的巧思。
transmutation of X into Y
The film follows Luca's transmutation from bully to trusted teammate.
那部電影描寫 Luca 從惡霸轉化成可靠隊友的過程。
transmutation from one role to another
Years abroad brought a quiet transmutation in Noor's accent and manners.
多年旅居海外，讓 Noor 的口音和舉止慢慢起了轉變。
After months of work, the attic's transmutation into a studio amazed Darius.
整修了幾個月後，閣樓轉化成工作室，讓 Darius 很驚訝。
The curator praised a painter's transmutation of war memories into murals.
館長稱讚那位畫家把戰爭記憶轉化成壁畫的能力。
- transformation
is the broad everyday word and sounds less elevated
- metamorphosis
suggests a more dramatic or often visible change
- conversion
often focuses on a new use, system, or belief
文法句型
the transmutation of X into Y
transmutation from X to Y
用法筆記
Often appears in formal writing about art, identity, or spiritual change. It commonly takes of + noun + into/from + noun to show what changed and what it became.
常見錯誤
2. the process in which one chemical element becomes a different element through nu
嬗變
元素因核反應變成另一元素
the process in which one chemical element becomes a different element through nuclear activity
The lecture explained the transmutation of uranium into lead over time.
這場講座說明了鈾如何隨時間嬗變成鉛。
transmutation of one element into another
In the lab, Nikhil modeled the transmutation of one atom into another.
在實驗室裡，Nikhil 模擬了一個原子嬗變成另一個原子的過程。
scientific modeling of atomic change
Christopher asked whether transmutation can happen without human help.
Christopher 問，嬗變是否能在沒有人為幫助下發生。
The chart compares natural transmutation with changes caused inside reactors.
這張圖比較自然嬗變與反應爐內造成的變化。
Ayana read about alchemists who hoped transmutation could produce gold.
Ayana 讀到鍊金術士曾希望靠嬗變造出黃金。
- decay
names one natural process that can bring this change about
- conversion
appears in technical writing but is broader outside science
- mutation
usually refers to genes or features, not elements
文法句型
the transmutation of uranium into lead
transmutation through nuclear decay
用法筆記
Usually used in physics or chemistry contexts. It names one element becoming another, not an ordinary physical or chemical change within the same material.