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 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。
• I was going to metamorphose the movies into an art
  我准备把电影业转变为一门艺术。
• 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。
• 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。
• After the sealing water is dried, the air enters the jar to make the food in the jar metamorphose and decay, and harmful materials such as nitrite is generated.
  密封水干涸后，空气进入罐内，使罐内食物变质、腐烂，产生亚硝酸盐有害物质。
• She had been metamorphosed by the war.
  她被这场战争彻底改变了。
• 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 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。
• A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.
  幼虫变为蛹，然后再变成蝴蝶。
• The tadpoles metamorphose and emerge onto land
  蝌蚪蜕变了，登上陆地。