transformation

n.
1. change in appearance,complete change in mannerand appearance变形，变态。
△Ham. 2. 2. 4: “Some-thing have you heard / Of Hamlet’s transformation；”你们大概已经听说了哈姆雷特的变态。
2. mutilation毁伤。
△1H.IV. 1. 1. 43: “Upon whosedead corpse’ there was such misuse,/ Such beastlyshameless transformation.”(According to Holinshed,Shakespeare’s source,the dead English were castrated. )他们的尸体还受到百般凌辱，受到了兽性的、无耻的摧残。