可可词汇课堂第282期:100米

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      【根】mut=tochange(改变)

      mutate
      Toundergoorcausetoundergomutation.
      vi. 变化,产生突变
      vt. 改变,使突变

      commute
      Totravelasacommuter.
      Tomakesubstitutionorexchange. Toserveasasubstitute.
      Topayingross, usuallyatareducedrate, ratherthaninindividualpayments.
      Tosubstitute (onethingforanother); exchange.
      Tochange (apenalty, debt, orpayment) toalesssevereone.
      Anactorinstanceofcommuting, especiallythetripmadebyacommuter:
      vt. 减刑;交换;用……交换;使……变成
      vi. 通勤;代偿
      n. 通勤(口语)

      例句:
      Hissentencewascommutedfromdeathtolifeimprisonment.
      他由死刑改判为终身监禁。
      ShecommutesbetweenChicagoandRockfordeveryday.
      她每天通勤于芝加哥和罗克福德之间。

      commutation
      Asubstitution, exchange, orinterchange.
      Thesubstitutionofonekindofpaymentforanother. Thepaymentsubstituted.
      Thetravelofacommuter.
      Electricity. Conversionofalternatingtounidirectionalcurrent. Reversalofcurrentdirection.
      Law. Reductionofapenaltytoalesssevereone.
      n. 减刑;交换;经常来往;代偿

      permutation
      Acompletechange; atransformation.
      Theactofalteringagivensetofobjectsinagroup.
      Mathematics. Arearrangementoftheelementsofaset.
      n.变更;更换;变换;重排;【数学】排列;置换

      permute
      Tochangetheorderof.
      Mathematics. Tosubjecttopermutation.
      vt. 交换;变更;排列

      transmutation
      Theactoraninstanceoftransmuting; transformation. Thestateofbeingtransmuted.
      Physics. Transformationofoneelementintoanotherbyoneoraseriesofnuclearreactions.
      Thesupposedconversionofbasemetalsintogoldorsilverinalchemy.
      n. 变形;变化;演变

      transmute
      Tochangefromoneform, nature, substance, orstateintoanother; transform: Alchemiststriedtotransmuteleadintogold. SeeSynonymsatconvert.
      Toundergotransmutation.
      vt. 使变形;使变质
      vi. 变形;变质

      例句:
      Wecantransmutewaterpowerintoelectricpower.
      我们可以将水力变成电力。
      Itisimpossibletotransmutebasemetalsintogold.
      把贱金属变成黄金是不可能的。

      趣味单词

      loom
      Tocomeintoviewasamassive, distorted, orindistinctimage
      Toappeartothemindinamagnifiedandthreateningform
      Toseemimminent; impend
      Adistorted, threateningappearanceofsomething, asthroughfogordarkness.
      Anapparatusformakingthreadoryarnintoclothbyweavingstrandstogetheratrightangles.
      Toweave (atapestry, forexample) onaloom.
      n. 织布机;若隐若现的景象
      vi. 赫然耸现;可怕地出现;朦胧地出现;隐约可见;迫在眉睫
      vt. 在织布机上织

      例句:
      Aflagpoleloomedupthroughthemist.
      在薄雾中隐隐可见一根旗杆。
      “Stalinloomsoverthewholehumantragedyof 1930-1933”(&b{RobertConquest})
      “斯大林赫然耸现在1930—1933年整个人类的悲剧中”(罗伯特·康奎斯特)