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usually transfer to secondary school at 11 or 12. JLiriS # & 11 $ 12 %        X X o 0 He transferred to UCLA

after his freshman year.

f i] fg M li A X ££ #1 #    „ 0 [VN] Ten employees are

being transferred from the sales department. H M B

►                FEELING/DISEASE/POWER /i ; fx ; _ fit:% 3 if you

transfer a feeling, a disease, or power, etc., or if it transfers from one person to another, the second person has it, often instead of the first ( Us1# ) : feVk (   ) ; it!#, flit (      ) : [VN] Joe had

already transferred his affections from Lisa to Cleo. ff B

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disease is rarely transferred from mother to baby (= so that the baby has it as well as the mother),

[also V]

►                 PROPERTY pft i” 4 [VN] ~ sth (to sb) to officially arrange for sth to belong to sb else or for sb else to control sth flit.; ii-% Hn sign over: He transferred the prop­erty to his son. fit JEM?* flit ttT JLiM

►                IN SPORT If rf Azf 5 ~ (sb) (from ...) (to ...) (especially

BrE) to move, or to move sb, to a different sports team, especially a professional football (soccer) team f|^, f^flz? (  ) : [V] He transferred to Everton

for £6 million, fttlIk

0                  [VN] He was transferred from Spurs to Arsenal for a huge fee. ftt^gfifl^^^JPAflJPJ^PAo

►                TO NEW VEHICLE M&il I'.Mr 6 ~ (sb) (from ...) (to ...)

to change to a different vehicle during a journey; to arrange for sb to change to a different vehicle during a journey ({£&$=*£ t )f!i£ ,        [V] I

transferred at Bahrain for a flight to Singapore, ft f£ B # ff ^H$ ft ir MM '$ M fil e O [VN] Passengers are transferred from the airport to the hotel by taxi, tfc ^ g

►                INF0RMAT10N/MUSIC, ETC. (U S,   7 ~ (sth) (from

sth) (to sth) to copy information, music, an idea, etc. from one method of recording or presenting it to another; to be recorded or presented in a different way

f!#,    ¥& 4 )          & [VN] You can

transfer data to a disk in a few seconds.

<> [V] The novel does not transfer

well to the movies.

* noun /*traensf3:(r)/

►                CHANGE OF PLACE/JOB/SITUATION ft A; / Xff{/ ^

1                  [U, C] the act of moving sb/sth from one place, group

or job to another; an occasion when this happens x£; f!f£;         electronic data transfer BAf/

fl ft 0 the transfer of currency from one country to another $ rfifk^ H M Jr) —          0 He has asked for a

transfer to the company’s Paris branch, ftfa H M |i] w] B 3^ jf r$ o O After the election there was a swift transfer of power.

►                IN SPORT   2 [U, C] the act of moving a sports

player from one club or team to another (     ) f!

^: It was the first goal he had scored since his transfer from Chelsea.

0 a transfer fee fl^Jt o to be on the transfer list (= available to join another club) Xfl^^g ^.

►                CHANGE OF VEHICLE f|:*j 3 [U, C] an act of changing to a

different place, vehicle or route when you are travel­ling (          ) X$l, I: The transfer

from the airport to the hotel is included in the price. %

►                TRAIN/BUS TICKET A X /A it-A X % 4 [C] (NAmE) a ticket that allows a passenger to continue their journey on another bus or train fI X®; WkMW

►                 PICTURE |:;f| ij 5 [C] (especially BrE) (NAmE usually decal) a

picture or design that can be removed from a piece of paper and stuck onto a surface, for example by being pressed or heated f! ER li, f! Ep ffi M ( $] J$  M IP

►                PSYCHOLOGY Afl'X 6 [U] (psychology X') the process of

using behaviour which has already been learned in one situation in a new situation if# ( #6 M          fl&JE

BvM ) — see also language transfer

transfer able /traens'f3:rabl/ adj. that can be moved from one place, person or use to another Wf $!#($; FT

iiz&M); Wflit^j; nJfl^^J; oJXfl&X Thisticketis not transferable (= it may only be used by the person who has bought it), lit® X^fliko 0 We aim to provide our students with transferable skills (= that can be used in different jobs), Htfjffili ft)         nJffiX

X|I].XfX($t£Ao ► trans fer abil ity /.traens.faira'bilati/ noun [U]

transference /'traensfarans; NAmE traens'f3:rans/ noun [U] (technical          or formal) the process of moving

sth from one place, person or use to another f|#; f| iH; UHaI); flit: the transference of heat from the liquid to the container MA

transfer-ral /trsens'f3iral/ noun [U] the action of trans­ferring sth or sb f!f£;          f|j^

transfigure /tr£ens'figa(r); NAmE -gjar/ verb [VN] [often passive] (literary) to change the appearance of a person or thing so that they look more beautiful iftM; H ft- Set'll ► transfig uration /.traens.figa'reijn; NAmE -gja'r-/ noun [U]

transfix /traens'fiks/ verb [VN] [usually passive] to make sb unable to move because they are afraid, surprised, etc. $ (      HSU para­

lyse: Luisa stood transfixed with shock.

trans form O-w /traens'fa:m; NAmE-'fo;rm/ verb [VN]

~ sth/sb (from sth) (into sth) 1 to change the form of sth &       S33 convert : The photochemical

reactions transform the light into electrical impulses, jft 2 to completely change the appearance or character of sth, especially so that it is better          ( ^t'l) ; W&M: A new colour

scheme will transform your bedroom. §j         IS '■&

O It was an event that would trans­form my life.     #♦<>

transform ation /.traensfa'meijn; NAmE -far'm-/ noun 1 [C, U] ~ (from sth) (to/into sth) a complete change in sb/sth ( jM/sW )   , $t*I, fl^, : The way in

which we work has undergone a complete transform­ation in the past decade. f£?cWj.TfF/j ^ JX T ^ fill Ml $ ¥ o 0 the country’s transformation from dictatorship to democracy

o What a transformation! You look great. H j^ij f WAl      2 [U] used in South Africa

to describe the process of making institutions and organizations more democratic (

$: a lack of transformation in the private sector f£ fL ►trans-form-ation-al /-Janl/ adj.

,transfor mational grammar noun [u] (abbr. TG) (linguistics ip W) a type of grammar that describes a language as a system that has a deep structure which changes in particular ways when real sentences are produced $!&]£& (

it] f--/Mir!) transformer /traens'fo:m9(r); NAmE -'forrm-/ noun a device for reducing or increasing the voltage of an electric power supply, usually to allow a particular piece of electrical equipment to be used transfusion /traensTju^n/ noun [C, U] 1 = blood transfusion 2 ~ of sth the act of investing extra money in a place or an activity that needs it li jjf] g A: The project badly needs a transfu­sion of cash. j&'hM @      ► transfuse

verb: [VN] to transfuse blood into a patient trans-gen-der /traenz'd3end0(r); traens-/ adj. relating to transsexuals and transvestites ( #) M; DFfe & ( # ) W; Wj&lfc ( # )' 61: transgender issues AX ► trans-gen-dered adj.

trans gen ic /,traenz'd3enik; 'traens-/ adj., noun (biology

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a adj. (of a plant or an animal ft % A zdj $]) having genetic material introduced from another type of plant or animal X# Afe H Xj: transgenic crops $|#f^[ fX#/ FS771 genetically modified ► trans-gen-ic-ally /-kli/ adv.

m noun 1 trans-gen-ics [plj the study or practice of creating transgenic plants or animals $IS@

l        2 [G] a transgenic plant or animal $!

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