metamorphoses是什么意思？

metamorphoses

英[ˌmetə'mɔ:fəsi:z] 美[ˌmetə'mɔfəsiz]

• v. 使变形，使变质( metamorphose的第三人称单数 )，变形，变质；
• n. 变形（尤指从蛹变为昆虫）( metamorphosis的名词复数 )，（性格、环境等的）改变；

例句

• The metamorphoses , tactics, and strategies of the object exceed the subject's understanding. 客体的蜕变、俩 、 策略是主体的理解力所望尘莫及.
• The poet metamorphoses the everyday into the universal. 诗人把日常的事变为普遍性的事.
• A larva metamorphoses into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly. 幼虫变为蝶蛹,再变成蝴蝶.
• ...hysterical laughter which gradually metamorphoses into convulsive sobs... 歇斯底里的笑声渐渐地变成了剧烈的抽泣

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  变形;变质;彻底的变化
  When a metamorphosis occurs, a person or thing develops and changes into something completely different.
  例句
  ...his metamorphosis from a republican to a democrat... 他从共和党人到民主党人的倒戈 The employment department has undergone several metamor-phoses. 就业部已经经历了数次改革。