metamorphosis
英 [,met?'m??f?s?s; ,met?m??'f??s?s]
美['m?t?'m?rf?s?s]
- n. 變形；變質
詞態變化
復數:?metamorphoses;
中文詞源
metamorphosis 變形，質變
meta-,改變，-morph,形狀，詞源同form.- osis,表狀態。
英文詞源
- metamorphosis (n.)
- 1530s, "change of form or shape," especially by witchcraft, from Latin metamorphosis, from Greek metamorphosis "a transforming, a transformation," from metamorphoun "to transform, to be transfigured," from meta- "change" (see meta-) + morphe "form" (see Morpheus). Biological sense is from 1660s. As the title of Ovid's work, late 14c., Metamorphoseos, from Latin Metamorphoses (plural).
雙語例句
- 1. The metamorphosis from anxious wife to feted author was rapid and dramatic.
- 從整日焦慮的妻子到受人追捧的作家，這變化迅速而劇烈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly
- 從毛毛蟲到蝴蝶的蛻變
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.
- 蝴蝶是由毛蟲脫胎變成的.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. One of the favourite games in fairy tales is metamorphosis.
- 神話故事的慣用手法之一是憑借魔力改變形態.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Hormones regulate many insect functions, including ecdysis and metamorphosis.
- 激素調節昆蟲的許多功能，包括蛻皮和變態。
來自辭典例句