transpose
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you transpose something from one place or situation to another, you move it there. 轉(zhuǎn)換
The director transposes the action from sixteenth-century France to post-Civil War America. 導(dǎo)縯把情節(jié)從16世紀(jì)的法國(guó)轉(zhuǎn)換到內(nèi)戰(zhàn)後的美國(guó)。
2. transpositionN-VAR
...a transposition of "Macbeth" to third century BC China. ...“麥尅白”到公元前三世紀(jì)的中國(guó)的轉(zhuǎn)換。
3. V-T If you transpose two things, you reverse them or put them in each other's place. 對(duì)調(diào)
Many people inadvertently transpose digits of the ZIP code. 許多人粗心地把郵政編碼的數(shù)字弄顛倒了。
4. transpositionN-VAR [oft N 'of' n]
...the transposition of the last two letters. ...最後兩個(gè)字母的對(duì)調(diào)。
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transpose /tr?ns?p??z/ (transposing,transposed,transposes)
劍橋詞典
- formal
to change something from one position to another, or to exchange the positions of two things
使換位置;使互換位置
In their latest production they have reworked "King Lear", transposing it to pre-colonial Africa . 在最新的制作中,他們改編了《李爾王》,把故事發(fā)生的地點(diǎn)改在了淪爲(wèi)殖民地之前的非洲。
The confusion was caused when two numbers were accidentally transposed by someone in the Social Security office . 這場(chǎng)混亂的起因是一個(gè)社會(huì)保障部門的職員無(wú)意中把兩個(gè)數(shù)字調(diào)換了位置。
music specialized
to play or write a piece of music in a different key (= set of musical notes based on a particular note ) from the one used originally
使變調(diào);使移調(diào)
The pianist transposed the song into C. 鋼琴家把這首歌改成了C調(diào)。 返回 transpose