metamorphose

英 [ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz]

美 [ˌmetəˈmɔːrfoʊz]

v.  (使)变形，变化，发生质变

过去分词：metamorphosed　复数：metamorphoses　过去式：metamorphosed　现在分词：metamorphosing　第三人称单数：metamorphoses　

GRE

BNC.20918 / COCA.20344

牛津词典

verb

• （使）变形，变化，发生质变
  to change or make sth/sb change into sth completely different, especially over a period of time
  1. The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.
     毛毛虫最终将蜕变成一只蝴蝶。

柯林斯词典

• See also:...hysterical laughter which gradually metamorphoses into convulsive sobs...The group is having to metamorphose from a loose collection of businesses into a fully integrated multinational...I was going to metamorphose the movies into an art...The actors were metamorphosed into a living tapestry of color at the dress rehearsal...The tadpoles metamorphose and emerge onto land...She had been metamorphosed by the war.metamorphosis

英英释义

verb

• change in outward structure or looks
  1. He transformed into a monster
  2. The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle
  Synonym:transformtransmute
• change completely the nature or appearance of
  1. In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
  2. The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
  3. Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
  Synonym:transfiguretransmogrify

双语例句

• The metamorphose reason of reciprocating compressor lubricating oil and the improvement measures
  往复式压缩机润滑油变质原因及改进
• The isothermal adsorbing experiment of coal collected in different areas and coal basins with different metamorphose degrees was synthetically analyzed.
  对我国不同地区、不同煤盆、不同变质程度煤的等温吸附实验进行综合分析。
• According to the viewpoint of coal petrography, the geologic and formation condition in Fujian, factors and types of coal metamorphose are described, the results show that coal metamorphose in Fujian belong to multivalence and superposition.
  从煤岩学角度并结合福建省的地质、构造条件，阐述了影响福建省煤变质的因素和类型，研究表明，福建煤的变质应属多元、叠加的结果。
• The actors were metamorphosed into a living tapestry of color at the dress rehearsal
  带妆彩排的时候，演员们变幻出一幅活生生的锦绣画卷。
• A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.
  幼虫变为蛹，然后再变成蝴蝶。
• I was going to metamorphose the movies into an art
  我准备把电影业转变为一门艺术。
• After the sealing water is dried, the air enters the jar to make the food in the jar metamorphose and decay, and harmful materials such as nitrite is generated.
  密封水干涸后，空气进入罐内，使罐内食物变质、腐烂，产生亚硝酸盐有害物质。
• She had been metamorphosed by the war.
  她被这场战争彻底改变了。
• Group Notes began to metamorphose into many other "notes type" software products.
  GroupNotes开始变成很多“notes类型”的其他软件产品。
• By understanding and mastering of this new metallurgical characteristic, the smelting effects of overheat, refining, metamorphose, inoculation and alloying have been further improved as well as the smelting environment.
  认识和掌握新的冶金特性，能进一步提高过热、精炼、变质、孕育、合金化等熔炼效果，明显改善熔炼环境；