change /tʃeindʒ/ I. vt.& vi. 1.改换；更换；交换；换车；兑换：Why does it take you so long to change your clothes? 你换衣服怎么要那么久? Change places with me, please; I’d like to sit next to the window. 请你和我换一下座位，我喜欢坐在靠窗的地方。She changed her money before leaving Rome. 她在离开罗马前已把钱兑换好。Passengers to London will change at this station into another train. 到伦敦去的旅客在此站换车。2.改变： I have made up my mind and nothing you say will change it. 我主意已定，你说什么都不能使我改变了。She has changed; she is very different from the girl I once knew. 她变了，与我从前熟悉的那个少女判若两人。Ice changes into water rapidly on a hot day. 在热天，冰会很快化成水。change hands（生意，楼房）转手：The house has changed hands. 这房子已经换了主人。change…into 把…变成…：Water is changed into steam by heat. 水因热变为蒸汽。 change one’s mind改变看法；变卦：He changed his mind about moving, but was unable to buy the house back. 他改变了搬家的主意, 但没能把自己的房子买回来。change over 转变成：Arable farmers have to change over to dairy farming.耕种庄稼的农民不得不改而从事乳品业。‖II. n. 1. ［c］&［u］变化：The doctor said the girl had taken a change for the better but was still seriously ill. 医生说这女孩的病已有所好转，但目前仍然很重。Change happens all the time; nothing stays the same for long. 事物总是不断变化的，没有一成不变的东西。We need to make some changes in/to the system.我们需要对系统作一些改变。2. ［u］找头，零钱：examine the change 把找头点一下Have you any change for the tip? 你有零钱付小费吗?
changeable adj. 很可能变化的；常变化的；易变的；可变的：changeable moods容易变的情绪 The weather in Britain is notoriously changeable.英国的天气易变是有名的。
