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change into

/cheynj/US // tʃeɪndʒ //UK // (tʃeɪndʒ) //

改为,变为,改成,变成

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    changed, chang·ing.

    • : to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name;to change one's opinion;to change the course of history.
    • : to transform or convert: The witch changed the prince into a toad.
    • : to substitute another or others for; exchange for something else, usually of the same kind: She changed her shoes when she got home from the office.
    • : to give and take reciprocally; interchange: to change places with someone.
    • : to transfer from one to another: You'll have to change planes in Chicago.
    • : to give or get an equivalent amount of money in lower denominations in exchange for: to change a five-dollar bill.
    • : to give or get foreign money in exchange for: to change dollars into euros.
    • : to remove and replace the covering or coverings of: to change a bed.
    • : to remove a dirty diaper from and replace it with a clean one: new parents, learning to change a baby.
v.无主动词 verb
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    changed, chang·ing.

    • : to become different: Overnight the nation's mood changed.
    • : to become altered or modified: Colors change if they are exposed to the sun.
    • : to become transformed or converted: The toad changed back into a prince.
    • : to pass gradually into: Summer changed to autumn.
    • : to switch or to make an exchange: If you want to sit next to the window, I'll change with you.
    • : to transfer between trains or other conveyances: We can take the local and change to an express at the next stop.
    • : to remove one's clothes and put on different clothes: She changed into jeans.
    • : to pass from one phase to another.
    • : to become deeper in tone; come to have a lower register: The boy's voice began to change when he was thirteen.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the act or fact of changing; fact of being changed: They are pleased by the change in their son's behavior.
    • : a transformation or modification; alteration: They noticed the change in his facial expression.
    • : a variation or deviation: a change in the daily routine.
    • : the substitution of one thing for another: We finally made the change to an oil-burning furnace.
    • : variety or novelty: Let's try a new restaurant for a change.
    • : the passing from one place, state, form, or phase to another: a change of seasons;social change.
    • : Jazz. harmonic progression from one tonality to another; modulation.
    • : the supplanting of one thing by another: We need a total change of leadership.
    • : anything that is or may be substituted for another.
    • : a fresh set of clothing.
    • : money given in exchange for an equivalent of higher denomination.
    • : a balance of money that is returned when the sum tendered in payment is larger than the sum due.
    • : coins of low denomination.
    • : any of the various sequences in which a peal of bells may be rung.
    • : Also 'change .British. exchange.
    • : Obsolete. changefulness; caprice.
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    • : change off, to take turns with another, as at doing a task.to alternate between two tasks or between a task and a rest break.

Phrases

  • change hands
  • change horses in midstream, don't
  • change off
  • change of heart
  • change of life
  • change of pace
  • change one's mind
  • change one's stripes
  • change one's tune
  • change the subject
  • for a change
  • leopard cannot change its spots
  • piece of change
  • ring the changes

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inturn
as inconvert

Examples

  • One agency executive said that it would be surprising if advertisers return en masse in early August without commitments to address advertisers’ desired changes.

  • The government had estimated that the rule changes would cause about 70,000 women, and at most 126,000 women, to lose contraception coverage in one year.

  • His team’s mandate is to back companies tied to major long-term shifts in areas like climate change and health care.

  • The picture and the pace at which it was changing were dizzying.

  • The focus was on low-cost ergonomic changes that reduced physical stress.

  • Term limits could be a prescription to speed change along.

  • And as he adjusted to this change in circumstances, he screamed at himself a second time: Wait!

  • When we meet them, their lives are unfulfilled, and at no point are we convinced their condition will change.

  • If we want that to change, then all of us have to encourage our legislators to make funding community policing a priority.

  • Whatever happened overtook them both within a minute or so of that altitude change request, and they were never heard from again.

  • In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.

  • The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.

  • Never was a change more remarkable than that which had come upon Mrs. Collingwood.

  • When the whole hunt is hunting up, each single change is made between the whole hunt, and the next bell above it.

  • Almost, he saw her visibly change—here in the twilight of the little Luxor garden by his side.