alter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒl.tə/|/ˈɔːl.tə/    美 /ˈɔl.təɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the personalities, identities, or selves in a person with dissociative identity disorder or another form of multiplicity.
    — While the second goal would be best met if each alter were coconscious, the defendant should be satisfied if at least one competent alter is present to hear what transpires.
  2. Misspelling of altar. alt-of,misspelling
    — As an alter boy he remembered that walking between the alter and the gates was prohibited for everyone except the priest.
动词 v.
  1. To change the form or structure of. ambitransitive
    — Near-synonym: tweak
  2. To become different. intransitive
    — […] Passing the song of the hermit bird and the tallying song of my soul, / Victorious song, death’s outlet song, yet varying ever-altering song, […]
  3. To tailor clothes to make them fit. transitive
  4. To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal). transitive
  5. To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness. transitive
    — We don't know if he was altered on alcohol or drugs or anything […]

词形变化

alters present,singular,third-person altering participle,present altered participle,past altered past altre alternative alters plural

词汇关系

近义词
adapt alter amend change convert differentiate innovate metamorphose modify revamp rework transform transmogrify transume variate vary
反义词
preserve leave alone leave be let alone let be
下位词
deconvert diversify homogenize mix revert improve repair worsen
衍生词
alterability alterable alterably alterative alter-ego alterer alter-globalist alter-globalization alteringly alter or change mind-altering misalter prealter realter unalter unaltering
相关词
alterant alteration alternate alternative

词源

词源 1
From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter.
词源 2
Probably from alter ego.
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