transfigure

🇬🇧 UK/træns'figә/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To transform the outward appearance of something; to glorify or idealize.

使变形;使改观;美化

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
transacross, beyond
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figurroot
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eto make, having
=transfigure

Common Collocations

  • 1.transfigure the landscape改变景观面貌
  • 2.[transfigure one's appearance]改变某人的外貌
  • 3.transfigure into变形为……
  • 4.[transfigure by light]被光线美化

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The golden sunset seemed to transfigure the ordinary cityscape into something magical.

  • 2.

    Great suffering can transfigure a person, revealing depths of character previously hidden.

  • 3.

    The artist sought to transfigure everyday objects into symbols of deeper meaning.

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