transform:の英語

語源

From 中期英語 transformen, from Old French transformer, from Latin transformo, transformare, from trans (“across”, preposition) + forma (“form”).

発音

• Verb:
  • (英国発音) enPR: trănsfômʹ, tränsfômʹ; IPA: /tɹænsˈfɔːm/, /tɹɑːnsˈfɔːm/
  • (米国発音) enPR: trănsfôrmʹ; IPA: /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/
• Noun:
  • (英国発音) enPR: trănsʹfôm, tränsʹfôm; IPA: /ˈtɹænsfɔːm/, /ˈtɹɑːnsfɔːm/
  • (米国発音) enPR: trănsʹfôrm; IPA: /ˈtɹænsfɔɹm/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)m
• ハイフネーション: trans‧form

動詞

transform (third-person singular simple present transforms, present participle transforming, simple past and past participle transformed)

1. (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.

   Synonyms: convert, make over, transmogrify, transmute

   Hypernyms: alter, change

   The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

   • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     Love may transform me to an oyster.

   • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 April 2017, page 171:

     Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […].

   • 2020 August 26, “Network News: Stations investment boosts regeneration, says report”, in Rail, page 17:

     Among its findings, the report says: "In recent years we have seen more stations transformed from run-down Victorian hulks, or spartan bus-sheltered platforms, into places that people can take pride in, feel comfortable in using, and which are fulfilling more of their wider potential.

2. (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.

   Synonyms: transmogrify, transmute; see also Thesaurus:convert

   Hypernyms: alter, change, translate

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:2:

     Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.

3. (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
4. (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
5. (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
6. (intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.

   Synonyms: transmogrify, transmute; see also Thesaurus:transmogrify

   Hypernyms: alter, change

派生語

• transformer

関連する語

• transformation

参考

• transformative

名詞

transform (plural transforms)

1. (mathematical analysis) An operation (often an integration) that converts one function into another.
2. (by extension) A function so produced.
3. (geology, seismology) A transform fault.

派生語

• See also: List of transforms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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