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

• Roast metamorphose of intrusive body to carbonate wall rock can form CO_ ( 2) gas source indirectly.
  3侵入体对碳酸盐岩围岩的烘烤变质也可以间接提供CO2气；
• 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。
• Group Notes began to metamorphose into many other "notes type" software products.
  GroupNotes开始变成很多“notes类型”的其他软件产品。
• 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。
• 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。
• She had been metamorphosed by the war.
  她被这场战争彻底改变了。
• The actors were metamorphosed into a living tapestry of color at the dress rehearsal
  带妆彩排的时候，演员们变幻出一幅活生生的锦绣画卷。
• It is thought that the original crust, especially the metamorphose basement of Precambrian is the base of gold-ore formation.
  初始地壳，尤其是前寒武纪的变质基底是金矿密集区形成的物质基础。
• I was going to metamorphose the movies into an art
  我准备把电影业转变为一门艺术。
• 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。