metamorphosis

英 [ˌmetəˈmɔːfəsɪs]

美 [ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəsɪs]

n.  变形; 质变

医学

BNC.19821 / COCA.14465

牛津词典

noun

• 变形；质变
  a process in which sb/sth changes completely into sth different
  1. the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly
     从毛毛虫到蝴蝶的蜕变
  2. She had undergone an amazing metamorphosis from awkward schoolgirl to beautiful woman.
     她经历了从笨女生到大美人这一令人惊讶的变化。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 变形;变质;彻底的变化
  When ametamorphosisoccurs, a person or thing develops and changes into something completely different.
  1. ...his metamorphosis from a republican to a democrat...
     他从共和党人到民主党人的倒戈
  2. The employment department has undergone several metamor-phoses.
     就业部已经经历了数次改革。

英英释义

noun

• a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
• a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
  1. the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting
  Synonym:transfiguration
• the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
  Synonym:metabolism

双语例句

• Cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form.
  冷血脊椎动物，特征是水里繁殖、陆地生活；水生的幼体要经历到成体的变形过程。
• The housefly is an insect which undergoes complete metamorphosis.
  苍蝇是一种完全变态的昆虫。
• Metamorphosis is an important process in insect's life cycle, because morphology and physiology of insect are quiet different in different stages.
  「变态」昆虫生活中重要的过程，因为昆虫在不同阶段，形态及生理上都有很大的差异。
• But metamorphosis does not necessarily beautiful, caterpillar change is not necessarily the butterfly, right?
  但蜕变不一定美丽，毛毛虫变的不一定是蝴蝶，对不对？
• Effects of salinity on larval survival, growth and metamorphosis of Babylonia formosae habei were examined by using two experimental approaches, gradually changed and abruptly changed.
  采用突变和渐变两种实验方法检验了盐度对波部东风螺幼虫存活、生长和变态的影响。
• He's undergone a complete metamorphosis since he met her.
  自从结识她以后，他完全变了一个人。
• Not all crisis-driven change is as eye-catching as the metamorphosis of a ge or Citi.
  并不是所有危机驱动的改革都如通用电气或花旗变形记那么引人注目。
• A larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis ( as the dragonfly or mayfly).
  处于未完全发育截断的昆虫的幼虫（如蜻蜓或蜉蝣）。
• But up to now, mythological metamorphosis has not received systematical studies at home and abroad.
  但是，到目前为止，中外神话学界还没有对神话的变形式样作系统化研究。
• Characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance.
  具有变形的、外观改变的或本质改变的特征的。