transform

1. V-T To transform something into something else means to change or convert it into that thing. 使改變; 使轉(zhuǎn)換

Your metabolic rate is the speed at which your body transforms food into energy. 你的新陳代謝率就是你身躰將食物轉(zhuǎn)換成能量的速度。

2. transformationN-VAR 改變; 轉(zhuǎn)換

Norah made plans for the transformation of an attic room into a study. 諾拉制訂了將閣樓間改造爲(wèi)書房的幾個方案。

3. V-T To transform something or someone means to change them completely and suddenly so that they are much better or more attractive. 徹底改變 (使更好、更有吸引力)

Industrialization transformed the world. 工業(yè)化徹底改變了世界。

4. transformationN-VAR 徹底改變

In the last five years he's undergone a personal transformation. 在過去的5年裡，他完全變了個人。