met.a.mor.pho.sis
metamorphosis的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [ˌmetəˈmɔ:rfəsis]
KK音标发音: [ˌmɛtəˈmɔrfəsɪs]
metamorphosis的词性:
n.(名词)
1. A transformation, as by magic or sorcery.
形变:如通过魔术或巫术引起的变形
2. A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
质变:在外貌、性格、状态或功能方面的显著变化
3. Biology A change in the form and often habits of an animal during normal development after the embryonic stage. Metamorphosis includes, in insects, the transformation of a maggot into an adult fly and a caterpillar into a butterfly and, in amphibians, the changing of a tadpole into a frog.
【生物学】 蜕变:动物在胚胎阶段以后正常发育期内经历的形体变化,通常也包括习惯的变化。对于昆虫,苍蝇的蜕变包括从蛆到成虫的变形以及从毛虫到蝴蝶的变形,而两栖动物,则包括从蝌蚪到青蛙的变形
4. Pathology A usually degenerative change in the structure of a particular body tissue.
【病理学】 变质:指某一特定身体组织的通常为退化性的变化
metamorphosis的词源:
5. Latin metamorph?sis
拉丁语 metamorph?sis
6. from Greek
源自 希腊语
7. from metamorphoun [to transform]
源自 metamorphoun [将…变形]
8. meta- [meta-]
meta- [前缀,表“变化”]
9. morph? [form]
morph? [形状]