metamorphosis

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs/|/ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪs/    美 /ˌmɛtəˈmoɹfəsɪs/|[ˌmɛɾəˈmoɹfəsɪs]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A transformation, such as one performed by magic. countable,uncountable
    — With Severne she along doth go, / Her Metamorphosis to show ; / And makes the wand’ring Wy declaim / In honour of the British name.
  2. A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition. countable,uncountable
    — The station has been refurbished both at ground level and below ground, where the wide, fluorescently lit platforms are an almost unrecognisable metamorphosis of the dingy, reeking Low Level of old.
  3. A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog). countable,uncountable
  4. A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue. countable,uncountable

词形变化

metamorphoses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
hemimetamorphosis holometamorphosis hypermetamorphosis intermetamorphosis metamorphosic metamorphosist metramorphosis prometamorphosis semimetamorphosis ultrametamorphosis
相关词
metamorphic metamorphose metamorphosize metamorphism

词源

First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). Analyzable as meta- + -morph + -osis
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