| 词组 | change |
| 释义 | CHANGE change hands [for something] to be sold or passed from owner to owner.How many times has this house changed hands in the last ten years?We built this house in 1920, and it has never changed hands. change horses in the middle of the stream to make major changes in an activity that has already begun; to choose someone or something else after it is too late.I'm already baking a cherry pie. I can't bake an apple pie. It's too late to change horses in the middle of the stream.The house is half-built. It's too late to hire a different architect. You can't change horses in the middle of the stream. have a change of heart to change one's attitude or decision, usually from a negative to a positive position.I had a change of heart at the last minute and gave the old lady some money.Since I talked to you last, I have had a change of heart. I now approve of your marrying Sam. laugh out of the other side of one's mouth to change sharply from happiness to sadness.Now that you know the truth, you'll laugh out of the other side of your mouth.He was so proud that he won the election. He's laughing out of the other side of his mouth since they recounted the ballots and found out that he lost. new ball game a new set of circumstances. (Slang. Originally from sports. Often with whole.)It’s a whole new ball game since Jane took over the office.You can't do the things you used to do around here. Ifs a new ball game. CHANGE - LACKING stand pat to remain as is; to preserve the status quo. (Informal.)We can't just stand pat! We have to keep making progress!This company isn't increasing sales. It's just standing pat. change Theme: MONEY n. money.It takes a lot of change to buy a car like that.I don't have the change to get one of those videotape machines. change 1. noun 1 money US, 1972. 2 an approximation or a fraction US, 1975.► the changethe menopause. Elliptical for CHANGE OF LIFE UK, 1934 2. verb ► change addressto leave TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003.► change tuneto retreat US, 1991.► change waterto engage in an unproductive activity. From lobstermen, who refer to the hauling and baiting of an empty trap as 'changing water' US, 1975.► change your luck(used of a white person) to have sex with a black person; to have sex with a person of the sex with whom one would not ordinarily have sex US, 1916.► change your tuneto alter your professed opinion or manner of speech UK, 1578 change around change around/round sth • change sth around/round to move things into different positions: When we'd changed the furniture around, the room looked quite different. You can create different effects by changing the plants around, creating contrasts in form and colour. change sth around if you change a room around, you move the furniture in it into different positions: I'm going to change my room round, and put my desk next to the window.■ SIMILAR TO: rearrange, switch around change down change down BrE to put the engine of a vehicle into a lower gear because you are driving more slowly, or are driving up a hill: It is important to change down in plenty of time to prevent having to brake fiercely.+into Slow down when you approach the junction, and change down into second gear.■ OPPOSITE: change up change into 1. change into sth to become something completely different: When the princess kissed the frog, it changed into a handsome prince. In less than 20 years, Japan had changed into one of the world's leading economies.■ SIMILAR TO: turn into2. change sb/sth into sth to make someone or something become something different: Churches are being changed into apartments, and warehouses are being converted into offices. The husband who constantly criticizes you is probably trying to change you into the kind of person he wants you to be. Circe, a beautiful and dangerous witch, changed Odysseus' men into pigs.■ SIMILAR TO: turn into change over 1. change over especially BrE to stop doing or using one system or thing, and to start doing or using a different one instead+to Wheat was no longer profitable, and many farmers were forced to change over to dairy farming.change over from sth to sth We changed over from gas to solar heating because it's cleaner and cheaper in the long term.■ SIMILAR TO: switch overchangeover n C a change from one way of doing something to another: The changeover from analogue to digital television should be complete by 2006.2. change over especially BrE if two people change over, they each start doing the job or activity that the other one was doing before: You navigate and I'll drive halfway, and then we'll change over. One of us would do the digging and one of us would pull up weeds, then when we got bored we'd change over.■ SIMILAR TO: swap over informal, switch over change round BrE ► see change around change up change up BrE to put the engine of a vehicle into a higher gear because you want to drive more quickly+into When you're on the motorway, change up into fifth.■ OPPOSITE: change down change (of life)menopause. The change of life affects each woman differently. Jill started the change when she was forty-seven. change n. money. (see also and change.) It takes a lot of change to buy a car like that.
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