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altering 音標拼音: ['ɔltɚɪŋ] v. 更改;變更 更改;變更 altering n 1: the sterilization of an animal; " they took him to the vet for neutering" [ synonym: { neutering}, { fixing}, { altering}] Alter \ Al" ter\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Altered}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Altering}.] [ F. alt[' e] rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. { Else}, { Other}.] 1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. " To alter the king' s course." " To alter the condition of a man." " No power in Venice can alter a decree." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] It gilds all objects, but it alters none. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. -- Ps. lxxxix. 34. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [ Obs.] -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To geld. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] Syn: { Change}, { Alter}. Usage: Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity. [ 1913 Webster]
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