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单词 metamorphosis
释义
metamorphosis
noun
uk
/ˌmet.əˈmɔː.fə.sɪs/us
/ˌmet̬.əˈmɔːr.fə.sɪs/
pluralmetamorphoses
[C]
acompletechange:
彻底的变化
Under the neweditor, themagazinehasundergonea metamorphosis.在新主编的领导下，这份杂志彻底改头换面了。
[U]biologyspecialized
theprocessby which theyoungformofinsectsand someanimals, such asfrogs,developsinto theadultform
变态，蜕变
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(Definition ofmetamorphosisfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

metamorphosis| American Dictionary

metamorphosis
noun[C/U]
us
/ˌmet̬·əˈmɔr·fə·sɪs/
pluralmetamorphosesus/ˌmet̬·əˈmɔr·fəˌsiz/
acompletechangeofcharacter,appearance, orcondition:
[C]Sheunderwenta metamorphosis from asteadyplayerinto aruthlessaggressoron thecourt.
biology
Metamorphosis is theprocessby which theyoungformofinsects,frogs, etc.,developsinto theadultform.

metamorphosed

adjectiveearth scienceus
/ˌmet̬·əˈmɔr·foʊzd,-foʊst/
(Definition ofmetamorphosisfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmetamorphosis

metamorphosis
The remarkable metamorphoses that affected what went in and out of these channels did little t o stabilize the debate.
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What are the qualifying conditions governing these changes, these metamorphoses?
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Even if it could do that, with extraordinary metamorphoses of staff and objectives, there is no evidence whatever that any local education authority would be prepared to absorb it.
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There has been a series of metamorphoses.
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The change might be quite abrupt or gradual, occurring via ametamorphosisso that the new idea emerged from its predecessor.
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We found evidence for lower heritability in both growth rate and size atmetamorphosisin the restricted food level.
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By contrast, higher insects, which undergo completemetamorphosis, comprise the holometabola.
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Here the central tragic theme is the muchlamentedmetamorphosisof the seventeenth-century business woman or diligent housekeeper into the nineteenth-century parasite.
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The earliest one is probably linked to themetamorphosisseparating anaprotaspid and metaprotaspid stages, whereas the second phase occurs in late ontogenetic stages.
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Similarly, prepupae were collected at least 72 h beforemetamorphosiswould normally begin.
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The scheme will test the idea of a gradualmetamorphosisof the landscape carpets into building carpets.
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Mean percentagemetamorphosisincreased incrementally to 99% between 6 and 12 day old biofilm treatments.
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Physiological disturbances, such as incomplete moulting andmetamorphosis, were variable in the two periods studied.
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Developmentalists must, of course, account for themetamorphosisand disappearance of any child-specific apparatus that we posit.
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Most likely we will wind up abandoning the task of keeping track of price altogether and complete themetamorphosisto nonrigorous mathematics.
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