transform: implies a major change in form, nature or function: ~ a small company into a corporate giant.
metamorphose: sug. an abrupt and startling change Induced by magic or supernatural power OR the process of a natural development: ~ awkward girls into graceful ballerinas.
transmute: implies a fundamental transforming into some higher element or thing: ~ a shopworn tale into a psychological masterpiece.
convert: implies a change fitting something for new or different use or function: ~ the boys' room into a guest bedroom.
transmorgrify: sug. an extreme, often grotesque and preposterous, metamorphosis: the prince was ~ into a frog.
transfigure: implies a change that exalts or glorifies: ecstasy ~ her face.
transform: 重大改变， metamorphose: 魔力惊讶或自然发展, transmute: 变崇高, convert: 使适用不同用处功能, transmorgrify: 极端怪异荒唐, transfigure: 意气风发，荣光。
记忆方法: 1）首字母联想，TTTT CM: 孙悟空四次(4Times)变成一厘米(CentiMeter)。
2）这组词有多个词根，给出了中文意思，请说出英文意思，答案见【词根系列】介绍。
a) TRANS是表中第238个词根，中文意思是"跨越、穿越"，英文意思是_____。
b) FORM是表中第76个词根，中文意思是"形状、形式"，英文意思是_____。
c) META是表中第123个词根，中文意思是"越过、在之后"，英文意思是_____。
d) MORPH是表中第131个词根，中文意思是"形状"，英文意思是_____。
e) MUT是表中第134个词根，中文意思是"改变"，英文意思是_____。
f) VERT是表中第252个词根，中文意思是"转动"，英文意思是_____。
g) FIG是表中第72个词根，中文意思是"定形,铸造"，英文意思是_____。
3）变化的意思是变为另一形态或事物mean to change a thing into a different thing or form.
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