1 (not usually used in the progressive tenses 通常不用于进行时) to become known; to be shown to be true 被人知道；表明确有其事: It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank. 据知，那帮匪徒在银行里有内线。This story, it later transpired, was untrue. 后来得知这则报道是不真实的。

2 to happen 发生: You're meeting him tomorrow? Let me know what transpires. 你明天要跟他见面吗？请把发生的情况告诉我。

3 (technical术语) when plants or leaves transpire, water passes out from their surface （水分从植物或叶面）蒸发，散发