metamorphosis
蜕变,变形,变质,变态
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plural met·a·mor·pho·ses [met-uh-mawr-fuh-seez]. /ˌmɛt əˈmɔr fəˌsiz/.
- : Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly.Compare complete metamorphosis.
- : a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft.
- : any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.
- : a form resulting from any such change.
- : Pathology. a type of alteration or degeneration in which tissues are changed: fatty metamorphosis of the liver.the resultant form.
- : Botany. the structural or functional modification of a plant organ or structure during its development.
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To some degree, the memoir pulls off these linguistic metamorphoses by virtue of its overarching themes of earthquakes and jazz, suggesting that these nonlinear, improvisational models are the only way to tell her story.
I think the idea of her metamorphosis, from someone mundane and looked over to someone powerful and FABULOUS, was incredibly empowering for me.
The catalyst for that metamorphosis was a decision by Deng Xiaoping, then China’s “paramount leader,” to create a capitalist enclave in communist China and open it to foreign investment, global trade, and Western technology.
In just eleven months, the Top Ten underwent an extraordinary metamorphosis.
Like all sea squirts, it has a tiny brain and nerve cord, but unlike the others, Oikopleura doesn’t undergo a metamorphosis on its way to maturity.
Metamorphosis is running at Lincoln Center, 63rd Street and 9th Avenue, until January 11, 2015.
He wanted a model to be able to produce his metamorphosis, which is why he showed her in so many different ways.
The boards had gotten shorter and surfing was going through a big metamorphosis.
Paris was in a state of magical metamorphosis between the World Wars.
Here was this person who was having a renaissance or a metamorphosis and seemed really joyous.
But, sooner than the moral metamorphosis, a physical came about in Marguerite.