名词变形（尤指从蛹变为昆虫）; （性格、环境等的）改变

名词

1. She's undergone quite a metamorphosis since you last saw her.
自你上次见到她以来，她已完全变了一个样子。

2. A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.
蝴蝶是由毛虫蜕变而成的。

3. One of the favourite games in fairy tales is metamorphosis.
神话故事的惯用手法之一是凭借魔力改变形态。

1. 变态：变态 开放分类: 生物、名词、生物学、人类、动物 变态 bian tai 1.abnormal 2. metamorphosis 变态(metamorphosis)在有些动物的个体发育中,其形态和构造上经历阶.

1. 变形;变质;彻底的变化
When a metamorphosis occurs, a person or thing develops and changes into something completely different.

e.g. ...his metamorphosis from a republican to a democrat...
他从共和党人到民主党人的倒戈
e.g. The employment department has undergone several metamor-phoses.
就业部已经经历了数次改革。

noun

1. a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft

2. a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

e.g. the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting

Synonym: transfiguration

3. the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

Synonym: metabolism