[mass noun]the action of transposing something 互换,换位 transposition of word order. 词序的换位。 [count noun]a transposition of an old story into a contemporary context. 一个古老故事的现代翻版。 ■[count noun]a thing that has been produced by transposing something 变形物,转换物 in China, the dragon is a transposition of the serpent. 在中国,龙是蛇的变体。
派生 transpositional adjective 语源
mid 16th cent.: from late Latin transpositio(n-) (see trans-, position)