anamorphosis
/an-uh-mawr-fuh-sis, -mawr-foh-sis/US // ˌæn əˈmɔr fə sɪs, -mɔrˈfoʊ sɪs //UK // (ˌænəˈmɔːfəsɪs, -mɔːˈfəʊsɪs) //
蜕变,变态,变形,蜕化
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n.名词 noun
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plural an·a·mor·pho·ses [an-uh-mawr-fuh-seez, -mawr-foh-seez]. /ˌæn əˈmɔr fəˌsiz, -mɔrˈfoʊ siz/.
- : a drawing presenting a distorted image that appears in natural form under certain conditions, as when viewed at a raking angle or reflected from a curved mirror.
- : the method of producing such a drawing.
- : Zoology, Entomology. the gradual change in form from one type to another during the evolution of a group of organisms.
- : metamorphosis in which body parts or segments are added to those already present.
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The curious fish-like object is simply the anamorphosis—the distorted projection—of a human skull.
It may indeed be a matter of very grave consideration whether true anamorphosis ever occurs in the whole animal kingdom.
On this disc is fixed the picture from which it is desired to make an anamorphosis.
The sun was setting, and its slanting rays caused the shadow to assume the appearance of an anamorphosis of ludicrous proportions.
The second kind of anamorphosis is produced by the distortion of the picture in the sense of one of its dimensions.
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