Transmuting
“Transmuting” 指把一种物质或状态转变为另一种,常带有深刻或近乎神奇的变化感,如 transmuting lead into gold(点石成金)的炼金术意象,也可喻指 transmuting grief into art(把悲伤化为艺术)。
- “The alchemist dreamed of transmuting base metals into gold.” (炼金术士梦想把贱金属炼成黄金。)
- “She is transmuting years of journal entries into a memoir.” (她正把多年的日记转化成回忆录。)
- “Heat and pressure are transmuting the raw ore into usable steel.” (高温高压正把原矿转化成可用钢材。)
“Transmuting” 来自拉丁语 transmutare,由 trans-(越过、改变)与 mutare(改变)构成,mut- 与 mutable、mutation 同源。
“trans-” 表示“转变”;“-mute” 来自 mutare(改变);“-ing” 为现在分词。
炼金术与科幻语境中常见;现代多用于比喻性表达,形容深刻转化,语气比 change 更庄重。
- 固定搭配: “transmuting energy” (转化能量), “transmuting pain into purpose” (把痛苦化为目标)
- 原形: transmute
- 名词: transmutation
“trans + mutate + ing”:让 mutate(突变)跨越形态——transmuting 就是正在使本质转化蜕变。
“By transmuting scrap wood into furniture, the craftsman gave discarded materials a second life.” (工匠把废木料转化成家具,让被丢弃的材料重获新生。)