alter

v.改变

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
alter (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to make different without changing into something else
2.
intransitive verb
- castrate spay to become different change
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
alter (verb)
1.
to make different in some way
SYNONYMS:
alter, make over, modify, recast, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary
RELATED WORDS:
deform, metamorphose, mutate; regenerate, revolutionize, transfigure, transform, transmute; commute, convert, exchange; rejigger, retool
fix, freeze, set, stabilize
alter (verb)
2.
to remove the sex organs of
SYNONYMS:
alter, desex, fix
RELATED WORDS:
castrate, emasculate, geld; spay; sterilize
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