metamorphose

英 [ˌmetə'mɔːfəʊz] 美 [ˌmetə'mɔːrfoʊz]

• v. 改变形状；使变成

英英释义

Verb:

1. change completely the nature or appearance of;

   "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"
   "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"
   "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"
   

2. change in outward structure or looks;

   "He transformed into a monster"
   "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.
   毛毛虫最终将蜕变成一只蝴蝶。
2. A larva metamorphoses into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.
   幼虫变为蛹，然后再变成蝴蝶。
3. The magician metamorphosed the frog into a prince.
   魔术师把青蛙变成了王子。

经典引文

• Perhaps they metamorphose themselves into a tawny squirrel.

  出自： George Eliot

近反义词

【近义词】

• transform 改变
• transmute 使 ... 变形
• transfigure 使变形
• change 变化
• mutate 变异
• alter 改变
• become 变成
• convert (使)转变
• turn 翻转
• morph (动植物的)变种...
• transmogrify 变得古怪