metamorphose

英 [ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz]

美 [ˌmetəˈmɔːrfoʊz]

v.  (使)变形，变化，发生质变

过去分词：metamorphosed　复数：metamorphoses　过去式：metamorphosed　现在分词：metamorphosing　第三人称单数：metamorphoses　

GRE

BNC.20918 / COCA.20344

牛津词典

verb

• （使）变形，变化，发生质变
  to change or make sth/sb change into sth completely different, especially over a period of time
  1. The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.
     毛毛虫最终将蜕变成一只蝴蝶。

柯林斯词典

• See also:...hysterical laughter which gradually metamorphoses into convulsive sobs...The group is having to metamorphose from a loose collection of businesses into a fully integrated multinational...I was going to metamorphose the movies into an art...The actors were metamorphosed into a living tapestry of color at the dress rehearsal...The tadpoles metamorphose and emerge onto land...She had been metamorphosed by the war.metamorphosis

英英释义

verb

• change in outward structure or looks
  1. He transformed into a monster
  2. The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle
  Synonym:transformtransmute
• change completely the nature or appearance of
  1. In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
  2. The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
  3. Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
  Synonym:transfiguretransmogrify

双语例句

• The isothermal adsorbing experiment of coal collected in different areas and coal basins with different metamorphose degrees was synthetically analyzed.
  对我国不同地区、不同煤盆、不同变质程度煤的等温吸附实验进行综合分析。
• She had been metamorphosed by the war.
  她被这场战争彻底改变了。
• They are born male and metamorphose to female at about three years old.
  他们出生时是男性，大概三岁左右，变成了女性。
• The group is having to metamorphose from a loose collection of businesses into a fully integrated multinational
  该集团将不得不由一个松散的企业联合组织转变成一个全面整合的跨国集团。
• The metamorphose fundation of the Proterozoic and the stratum of the Late Palaeozoic exposed as "top window" to the lava.
  元古界变质基底和上古生界在火山岩中呈“天窗”出露。
• I expected that by telling people that I was gay I would metamorphose into a braver, stronger being.
  我还期望可以通过告诉别人我是个同性恋这个事实来使自己变得更加勇敢和更加坚强。
• The dynamic metamorphose, composition structure and diversity of microbial community in the raw water along the Dongjiang River were studied by molecular biology PCR-DGGE assessment.
  应用PCR-DGGE分子生物学方法对东江水源工程沿途水样中的微生物群落结构的动态变化以及种群多样性进行了研究。
• A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.
  幼虫变为蛹，然后再变成蝴蝶。
• By understanding and mastering of this new metallurgical characteristic, the smelting effects of overheat, refining, metamorphose, inoculation and alloying have been further improved as well as the smelting environment.
  认识和掌握新的冶金特性，能进一步提高过热、精炼、变质、孕育、合金化等熔炼效果，明显改善熔炼环境；
• Metamorphose is originated in the life consciousness in primitive society, which have gotten approve generally in academic circle.
  变形起源于人类原始思维中的生命意识，这在学术界已得到普遍认可。