Metamorphosis,[n.](某些组织)的变态。变形(尤指从蛹变为昆虫); (性格、环境等的)改变;
释义及例句
名词 n. [C][U]
1. 变形;质变;(外形,环境,性格等的)完全变化[(+into)]
She's undergone quite a metamorphosis since you last saw her.
自你上次见到她以来,她已完全变了一个样子。
2. 变成的形态
3. 【生】变态(尤指蛹变成昆虫)
The metamorphosis from a tadpole to a frog
由蝌蚪演变为青蛙
4. 【医】(某些组织的)变态
牛津释义
[可数名词, 不可数名词](formal) a process in which sb/sth changes completely into sth different 变形;质变
同义词:transformation
the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly
从毛毛虫到蝴蝶的蜕变
She had undergone an amazing metamorphosis from awkward schoolgirl to beautiful woman.
她经历了从笨女生到大美人这一令人惊讶的变化。
柯林斯释义
① (N-VAR) 变形;变质;彻底的变化 When a metamorphosis occurs, a person or thing develops and changes into something completely different.
● ...his metamorphosis from a republican to a democrat.
他从共和党人到民主党人的倒戈
● The employment department has undergone several metamor-phoses.
就业部已经经历了数次改革。
词根词典
词根
morph
adj.
isomorphic
同形的
iso同等+morph形状+ic……的→adj.同形的
polymorphic
多形的, 多态的, 多形态的
polymorph[n.多形体, 同质异像体]+ic……的→adj.多形的, 多态的, 多形态的
amorphous
无定形的,散漫的
a不+morph形状+ous……的→无形状的
anthropomorphous
有人形的,似人的
anthropo人+morph形+ous的→adj.有人形的,似人的
geomorphic
似地球形状的
geo地+morph形状+ic……的→地貌的
n.
metamorphosis
变形,变态
meta改变+morph形状+osis→变形状
morphology
[生物]形态学,形态论,[语法]词法,词态学
morph形状+ology学科→n.[生物]形态学,形态论,[语法]词法,词态学
polymorph
多形体, 同质异像体
poly多+morph形状→n.多形体, 同质异像体
语源
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek metamorphōsis, from metamorphoun 'transform, change shape'