transpose

transpose
verb
[with obj.]

cause (two or more things) to change places with each other
使（两个或以上的东西）互换位置；使换位
the situation might have been the same if the parties in opposition and government had been transposed.
如果反对党与政府位置互换一下，情况可能还是一样。
transfer to a different place or context
转移，迁移；转换
an evacuation order transposed the school from Kent to Shropshire.
一道疏散令把学校从肯特郡迁到了什罗普郡。
the themes are transposed from the sphere of love to that of work.
主题从爱情转到了工作。
■write or play (music) in a different key from the original
使（音乐）变调，移调
the basses are transposed down an octave.
低音调低了一个八度。
■(Mathematics)transfer (a term), with its sign changed, to the other side of an equation
(数)移（项）
■translate into another language
翻译
a sequence of French tales transposed into English.
一组被译成英文的法国故事。
■change into a new form
使变形，转变，使变化
he transposed a gaffe by the mayor into a public-relations advantage.
他把市长的失态转变成了公关优势。

noun

(Mathematics)a matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging each row and the corresponding column
(数)转置（矩）阵

派生
transposable
adjective
transposal
noun
transposer
noun
语源

late Middle English (also in the sense 'transform, convert'): from Old French transposer, from trans- 'across' + poser 'to place'

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