Metamorphose



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 变形
• ［英］ v. 变形 ( change into another form)
• ［类］ 反义词: remain unaltered ( 持续不变)
• ［记］ meta ( 变化) +morph ( 形状) +ose -> 变形

Webster Collegiate

verb (-phosed; -phosing)

• Etymology: probably from Middle French metamorphoser, from metamorphose metamorphosis, from Latin metamorphosis
• Date: 1576
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to change into a different physical form especially by supernatural means
    • b. to change strikingly the appearance or character of ; transform <you are so metamorphosed I can hardly think you my master — Shakespeare>
  • 2. to cause (rock) to undergo metamorphism
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to undergo metamorphosis
  • 2. to become transformed
• Synonyms: see transform

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