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N-VAR
变化;改变;变革
If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
例句
The ambassador appealed for a change in US policy...
大使呼吁美国在政策上作出改变。
What is needed is a change of attitude on the part of architects...
现在需要的是建筑师态度的转变。
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N-SING
(令人愉快的)变化，改变
If you say that something is a change or makes a change, you mean that it is enjoyable because it is different from what you are used to.
例句
It is a complex system, but it certainly makes a change...
这是个复杂的体系，不过确实有所改变。
Do you feel like you could do with a change?
你想不想改变一下？
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VERB
改用;改做
If you change from one thing to another, you stop using or doing the first one and start using or doing the second.
例句
His doctor increased the dosage but did not change to a different medication...
他的医生加大了剂量，不过没有换药。
He changed from voting against to abstaining.
他原打算投反对票，后来改为弃权了。
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V-ERG
(使)变化;(使)改变
When something changes or when you change it, it becomes different.
例句
We are trying to detect and understand how the climates change...
我们正努力探寻并理解气候是如何变化的。
In the union office, the mood gradually changed from resignation to rage...
在工会办公室，情绪慢慢从顺从转变成愤怒。
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VERB
更换;替换
To change something means to replace it with something new or different.
例句
I paid £80 to have my car radio fixed and I bet all they did was change a fuse...
我花80英镑让人把我车上的收音机修了修，可我敢肯定，他们只是换了根保险丝。
If you want to change your doctor there are two ways of doing it.
你要是想换个医生，办法有两个。
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VERB
换(衣服)；更衣
When you change your clothes or change, you take some or all of your clothes off and put on different ones.
例句
Ben had merely changed his shirt...
本仅仅换了件衬衫。
They had allowed her to shower and change...
他们准许她冲个澡，换套衣裳。
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N-COUNT
替换衣服；备用衣服
A change of clothes is an extra set of clothes that you take with you when you go to stay somewhere or to take part in an activity.
例句
He stuffed a bag with a few changes of clothing.
他往包里塞了几套换洗衣服。
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VERB
换(床单)
When you change a bed or change the sheets, you take off the dirty sheets and put on clean ones.
例句
After changing the bed, I would fall asleep quickly...
换了床单，我很快就能睡着。
I changed the sheets on your bed today.
我今天把你的床单换了。
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VERB
给(婴儿)换尿布;换(尿布)
When you change a baby or change its nappy or diaper, you take off the dirty one and put on a clean one.
例句
She criticizes me for the way I feed or change him...
她批评我不会给他喂奶、不会换尿布。
He needs his nappy changed.
他的尿布该换了。
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VERB
转乘，换乘(交通工具);转车;转机
When you change buses, trains, or planes or change, you get off one bus, train, or plane and get on to another in order to continue your journey.
例句
At Glasgow I changed trains for Greenock...
我在格拉斯哥改乘去格里诺克的火车。
We were turned off the train at Hanover, where we had to change.
我们在汉诺威站被赶下火车，只好在那儿转车。
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VERB
换(挡)
When you change gear or change into another gear, you move the gear lever on a car, bicycle, or other vehicle in order to use a different gear.
例句
The driver tried to change gear, then swerved...
司机试图换挡，接着突然转向。
He looked up into the mirror as he changed through his gears.
他一边换挡，一边抬眼看后视镜。
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N-UNCOUNT
找零;找头
Your change is the money that you receive when you pay for something with more money than it costs because you do not have exactly the right amount of money.
例句
'There's your change.' — 'Thanks very much.'...
“您的找头。”——“多谢。”
They told the shopkeeper to keep the change.
他们告诉店主不用找钱了。
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N-UNCOUNT
硬币
Change is coins, rather than paper money.
例句
Thieves ransacked the office, taking a sack of loose change...
窃贼洗劫了办公室，拿走了一口袋散币。
The man in the store won't give him change for the phone unless he buys something.
店里的人不肯给他换硬币打电话，除非他买点什么。
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N-UNCOUNT
零钱
If you have change for larger notes, bills, or coins, you have the same value in smaller notes, bills, or coins, which you can give to someone in exchange.
例句
The courier had change for a £10 note.
快递员能破开10英镑的纸币。
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VERB
兑换(货币);换(零钱)
When you change money, you exchange it for the same amount of money in a different currency, or in smaller notes, bills, or coins.
例句
You can expect to pay the bank a fee of around 1% to 2% every time you change money...
每次到银行换币都会要求付1%到2%的手续费。
If you travel frequently, find an agency that will change one foreign currency directly into another.
如果经常旅行，找一家能直接兑换外币的旅行社。
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PHRASE
换换口味;变个花样
If you say that you are doing something or something is happening for a change, you mean that you do not usually do it or it does not usually happen, and you are happy to be doing it or that it is happening.
例句
Now let me ask you a question, for a change...
现在换我来问你一个问题吧。
Liz settled back in her seat, comfortably relaxed, enjoying being driven for a change.
莉兹舒服放松地倚在座位上，享受着换别人开车的惬意。