conversion
英[kən'vɜːʃ(ə)n]
美[kən'vɝʒn]
英英释意
- 1. an event that results in a transformation
- 2. a change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade"
- 3. a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
- 4. a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- 5. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
- 6. a change of religion;
- "his conversion to the Catholic faith"
- 7. interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
- 8. act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
- 9. the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another