Metamorphosis
[ 'mɛtə'mɔrfəsɪs ]
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n. 变形（尤指从蛹变为昆虫）;（性格、环境等的）改变;
💡 词根助记
meta超过，改变+morphosis形状→变形状→蜕变，变形
📝 例句
(biology) produced by metamorphosis.
（生物学）因变形而伸长的。
A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.
蝴蝶是由毛虫蜕变而成的。
a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly).
处于未完全发育截断的昆虫的幼虫（如蜻蜓或蜉蝣）。
(zoology)undergoing slight or no metamorphosis.
（生态）轻微变形或没有变形的。
the metamorphosis from a tadpole to a frog
由蝌蚪演变为青蛙
🌱 联想助记
meta 变 + morphose 形状，morph→morf<ph=f>→form 形状
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
metamorphosis
n
(pl -oses ) (fml 文) change of form or nature, eg by natural growth or development 变形; 变态; 变质
the metamorphosis of a larva into a butterfly从幼虫变成蝴蝶的过程
(fig 比喻) the social metamorphosis that has occurred in China 中国发生的社会变化.
🔁 扩展释义
*[,metә'mɒ:fәsis]n. 蜕变, 变质, 变形【医】 变态, 变形, 变质
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Let's share the money fifty-fifty.
我们平分这笔钱吧。
We've got to get a refrigerator for the kitchen.
我们必须有一个电冰箱放在厨房。
Meanwhile, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees.
“此时，另外两位演员，罗克沃尔。斯林格和默林。格里夫斯，已经把两个大食品篮子提到了一片树荫下。