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单词 metamorphosed
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metamorphosedadj.

Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊzd/, /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊzd/, /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊst/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈmɔrˌfoʊzd/, /ˌmɛdəˈmɔrˌfoʊst/
Forms: 1500s–1600s metamorphozed, 1500s– metamorphosed, 1600s metamorphozde.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metamorphose v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < metamorphose v. + -ed suffix1. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (metămǭ·ɹfouz'd, -fŏst) /mɛtəˈmɔːfəʊzd/ /-fəst/.
That has undergone metamorphosis; changed in form, nature, or character. Also in Geology: that has undergone metamorphism.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > changed in form
metamorphized1595
metamorphosed1596
the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaped > again or anew > into different form
transformed1413
metamorphized1595
metamorphosed1596
transfigured1678
metamorphic1816
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > transformed
transformed1413
transmutate?a1475
leavened1587
trans-shaped1602
Pythagoreana1667
transfigured1678
metamorphosed1730
transmuted1749
transmogrifiedc1832
transnatural1907
metamorphosized1948
born-again1977
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > transformation of tissue
metamorphosed1859
metamorphosing1878
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > metamorphism > [adjective] > changed
metamorphosed1878
1596 J. Harington (title) An Anatomie of the Metamorphosed Aiax.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1117 Yet..would not these metamorphosed monsters yeeld the towne vnto the Turkes.
1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. v. 109 A number of Metamorphosed men turned into Beasts by the Inchantments of this wicked Sorceresse.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 84 The Monument of Lot's Metamorphos'd wife.
1730 H. Fielding Temple Beau i. v. 11 These Cloaths! these Looks! these Airs! give me Reason to wonder how I recollected my metamorphosed Friend.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xvi. 247 The metamorphosed horse-dealer was silenced, of course. View more context for this quotation
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiii. 438 Naturalists frequently speak of the skull as formed of metamorphosed vertebræ; the jaws of crabs as metamorphosed legs; the stamens and pistils of flowers as metamorphosed leaves.
1878 A. H. Green et al. Coal: Hist. & Uses ii. 43 The rocks..are highly metamorphosed Lower Silurian beds.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 160 These old, metamorphosed thrombi.
1932 A. Harker Metamorphism xx. 342 The changes which befall metamorphosed rocks subsequently to the culmination of metamorphism..are of the nature of degradation.
1989 D. R. Koontz Midnight i. xxvii. 107 His own transformed body, had become his prison, prison, metamorphosed bones serving as the bars of a cell.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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