transmogrify

英 [trænz'mɒgrɪfaɪ; trɑːnz-; -ns-] 美
  • vt. 使变成奇形怪状;使变形
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transmogrify 使变形,使变成奇形怪状

trans-,转变,-mogr,词源不详,可能来自-migr 变体,词源同 migrate,transmigrate.用于指变成 坏的形状或状态。

transmogrify (v.)
"to change completely," 1650s, apparently a perversion of transmigure, from transmigrate, perhaps influenced by modify. Related: Transmogrified; transmogrifying.