transpose

1. V-T If you transpose something from one place or situation to another, you move it there. 轉(zhuǎn)換

The director transposes the action from sixteenth-century France to post-Civil War America. 導(dǎo)演把情節(jié)從16世紀(jì)的法國轉(zhuǎn)換到內(nèi)戰(zhàn)后的美國。

2. transpositionN-VAR

...a transposition of "Macbeth" to third century BC China. ...“麥克白”到公元前三世紀(jì)的中國的轉(zhuǎn)換。

3. V-T If you transpose two things, you reverse them or put them in each other's place. 對調(diào)

Many people inadvertently transpose digits of the ZIP code. 許多人粗心地把郵政編碼的數(shù)字弄顛倒了。

4. transpositionN-VAR [oft N 'of' n]

...the transposition of the last two letters. ...最后兩個字母的對調(diào)。