[てん, ten] (n) (1) altering pronunciation or meaning; word with altered pronunciation or meaning; (2) (abbr) (See 転句・てんく) turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry) #6,497[Add to Longdo]
[わかづくり, wakadukuri] (n, adj-no, adj-na) dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age [Add to Longdo]
[ためらい, tamerai] (n, vs) faltering; hesitation [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Alter \Al"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Altered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Altering}.] [F. alt['e]rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter
other, alius other. Cf. {Else}, {Other}.]
1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either
partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the
king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No
power in Venice can alter a decree." --Shak.
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It gilds all objects, but it alters none. --Pope.
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My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing
that is gone out of my lips. --Ps. lxxxix.
34.
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2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] --Milton.
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3. To geld. [Colloq.]
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Syn: {Change}, {Alter}.
Usage: Change is generic and the stronger term. It may
express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one
thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a
partial change, or a change in form or details without
destroying identity.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
altering
n 1: the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet
for neutering" [syn: {neutering}, {fixing}, {altering}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
