convert

名词 n. 动词 v.

中文释义

英 /kənˈvɜːt/|[kʰə̥ɱˈvɜːt] 美 /kənˈvɝt/|[kʰə̥ɱˈvɝt]

英文释义

名词 n.

A person who has converted to a religion.

— They were all converts to Islam.
A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.

— I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert!
Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.

— A great advantage of these temporary conversions of a man into a beast is that it enables the convert in his animal shape to pay out his enemy without being suspected.
The equivalent of a conversion in rugby Canadian

动词 v.

To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product. transitive

— A kettle converts water into steam.
To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another. transitive

— And the deff's further sayen that after the said b'gayn the said lambert compounded wt the said lychefeld ffor the moytie of the said Tymber stone glasse yren and tyle aforsaid by fforce whereof the said Lambert and Jane executrix of the testament of the said Thom's lychefeld haue broken and pulled down the stone walles & wyndoes of the said Churche dortr ffratr & cloyster & the same hath taken prceved & convertid to their p'per vses and behofe as lawfull was for the[m] to do by vertue of there said b'gayne & waraunt. All whiche mattrs the said def's ar redy to averre & p've as this hon'able cort shall award. And praye to be dysmyssed wt there resonable costs & charges for ther wrongfull vexac'on & trouble in this behalf.
To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12). transitive

— They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
To exchange for something of equal value. transitive

— We converted our pounds into euros.
To express (a quantity) in alternative units. transitive
To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter. transitive

— How do you convert feet into metres?
To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion. transitive

— The grand jury claims Terrigno "knowingly converted, for the benefit of herself and others, federal funds, which were intended to help the poor and homeless in the Los Angeles area."
To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion. ambitransitive

— Flood converted to leave Wales with a 23-9 deficit going into the final quarter.
To score extra points following a touchdown.

— Bass also kicked field goals of 40 and 49 yards, but he also missed a point-after try, which led to a 2-point conversion that the Bills converted later in the game.
To score (especially a penalty kick). intransitive,transitive

— Hinton, inevitably, converted the penalty.
To score a spare. intransitive
To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3). intransitive

— We've converted to Methodism.
To become converted. intransitive

— The chair converts into a bed.
To cause to turn; to turn. obsolete,transitive

— O, which way shall I first convert myself?
To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second. transitive
To turn into another language; to translate. obsolete,transitive

— which story[…]Catullus more elegantly converted
To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century. transitive

— Gillespie was reminded he had promised to join team-mate Matthew Hayden in a nude lap of the ground if he converted his century into a double.
To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion. intransitive

— Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not.
To transform a material or positional advantage into a win. ambitransitive

— On the final day Marshall won a pawn as Black from another old rival, Hodges, but couldn't convert it and played on until a drawn king-and-pawn endgame.

词形变化

converts present,singular,third-person converting participle,present converted participle,past converted past converts plural

词汇关系

近义词

convert develop draw evolve metamorphize metamorphose reconvert shift transfigurate transfigure transform transmogrify transmute transume

反义词

deconvert restore revert

上位词

alter

下位词

alchemise grow mature melt ripen

衍生词

bioconvert convertance convertase convertee converter convertible convertor downconvert downconversion downconverter immunoconvert interconvert misconvert phenoconvert photoconvert preach to the converted preconvert seroconvert unconvert upconvert upconversion upconverter reconvert passion of a convert

词源

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Proto-Indo-European *wert-
Proto-Indo-European *wértetor
Proto-Italic *wertō
Proto-Italic *komwertō
Latin convertōder.
Old French convertirbor.
Middle English converten
English convert
From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).

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