metamorphose

verb

/ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz/

/ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊz/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they metamorphose	/ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz/ /ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊz/
he / she / it metamorphoses	/ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊzɪz/ /ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊzɪz/
past simple metamorphosed	/ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊzd/ /ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊzd/
past participle metamorphosed	/ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊzd/ /ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊzd/
-ing form metamorphosing	/ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊzɪŋ/ /ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊzɪŋ/

[intransitive] metamorphose (from something) (into something) (biology生物) (of an insect or an amphibian, such as a frog) to change from its young form to its adult form in two or more separate stages; to experience metamorphosis（使）变形，变化，发生质变
- The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.毛毛虫最终将蜕变成一只蝴蝶。
[intransitive] metamorphose (from something) (into something) (formal) to change into something completely different, especially over a period of time（使）变形，变化，发生质变 synonym transform

词源late 16th cent.: from French métamorphoser, from métamorphose via Latin from Greek metamorphōsis, from metamorphoun ‘transform, change shape’.