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单词 metamorphose
释义 metamorphose
I. meta·mor·phose \-ˌfōz, -ōs\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably from Middle French metamorphoser, from metamorphose, n.
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to change into a different physical form; especially : to effect such a change in, by, or as if by supernatural means
  < men were by the force of that herb metamorphosed into swine — Richard Steele >
 b. : to change strikingly the appearance or character of : transform
  < you are so metamorphosed I can hardly think you my master — Shakespeare >
  < metamorphosing the most familiar things and endowing them with a sense of mystery — J.B.D.Cotter >
2. : to cause (rock) to undergo metamorphism
 < the rocks had been baked and thereby metamorphosed — Arthur Holmes >
intransitive verb
1. : to undergo biological metamorphosis
 < a tadpole metamorphoses into a frog >
2. : to undergo a transformation
 < the little song … later metamorphosed into one of the noblest chorales — P.L.Miller >
 < many humans never metamorphose into moral manhood — Weston La Barre >
Synonyms: see transform
II. met·a·mor·phose \-ˌfōs\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from Middle French metamorphose, from Latin metamorphosis
archaic : metamorphosis
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