单词	metamorphosis
释义	metamorphosismetamorphosis /ˌmɛt̮əˈmɔrfəsɪs/ noun (plural metamorphoses /-siz/) [countable, uncountable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYmetamorphosis Origin: 1500-1600 Latin Greek, from meta- ( ➔ META-) + morphe shape Collocations COLLOCATIONS► undergone a metamorphosis  Lewis has gradually undergone a metamorphosis into the state’s best basketball player. 1 formal a process in which something changes completely into something very different SYN transformation:  Lewis has gradually undergone a metamorphosis into the state’s best basketball player.2science, biology a process in which a young insect, frog, etc. changes into another stage in its development—metamorphose /ˌmɛt̮əˈmɔrfoʊz/ verb [intransitive, transitive]
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