If you transpose something from one place or situation to another, you move it there.
例句
Genetic engineers transpose or exchange bits of hereditary material from one organism to the next...遺傳工程師將某一生物的小段遺傳物質(zhì)調(diào)換到另一生物，或與其互換。The director transposes the action from 16th Century France to post-Civil War America.導(dǎo)演把情節(jié)從 16 世紀(jì)的法國調(diào)換到內(nèi)戰(zhàn)后的美國。
VERB
互換…的順序(或位置)
If you transpose two things, you reverse them or put them in each other's place.
例句
Many people inadvertently transpose digits of the ZIP code.很多人疏忽之下會顛倒郵政編碼中數(shù)字的順序。…a short story in which he transposes the roles of poets and screenwriters.他將詩人與編劇作了角色換位的短篇小說
VERB
使(樂曲)變調(diào)
If you transpose a piece of music, you perform it or write it in a musical key which is different from the original one.
例句
She could play any piece of music she heard and transpose it into any key.她能把聽過的任何樂曲變以任何調(diào)演奏出來。