英 [ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz] 美 [ˌmetəˈmɔːrfoʊz]
v. （昆虫、两栖动物）变态（尤指变成熟）；变形，变质；（使）完全改变；（使）岩石变质
第三人称单数metamorphoses
现在分词metamorphosing
过去式metamorphosed
过去分词metamorphosed
metamorphose /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊz/ [ metamorphosing metamorphosed metamorphoses ]
→see alsometamorphosis
change completely the nature or appearance of
In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
同义词： transfigure / transmogrify
变形-引用次数：3
参考来源棒材二辊矫直机辊型及变形机理研究
变形-引用次数：4
Metamorphose is originated in the life consciousness in primitive society, which have gotten approve generally in academic circle.
变形起源于人类原始思维中的生命意识，这在学术界已得到普遍认可。
参考来源变形文艺现象研究
其中，所划分的服装展示主题包括印度王公（Maharaja）、变质（Metamorphose）、日本赞扬（Hommage au Japon）和中国主题，紧随其后的是Giorgio Armani的秋季时装展。
在多层意义上，剧场都是一种变形（Metamorphose）。按照剧场人类学的说 法，在情节（行为）的通常模式之中，变形是极其普遍的。
... 使变苍白etiolate 使变成metamorphose 使变成醋acetification ...
这些借古讽今的相片，属于Rancinan三部曲之中的蜕变 (Metamorphoses)，单是猜那相来自那幅古画，已乐趣无穷。
metamorphic 变质的；变性的；变态的
metamorphous 变形的；变质的
metamorphosis 变形；变质
metamorphism 变质；变形；变态
变质；变形；使变成
The tadpoles metamorphose and emerge onto land.
蝌蚪变形并现身在陆地上。
The simplest explanation for this is that the axolotl lineage alone lost the ability to metamorphose, while others retained it.
对此最简单的解释是，只有蝾螈谱系失去了变形的能力，而其他族系则保留了这种能力。
From a detailed analysis of the salamanders' family tree, however, it is clear that the other lineages evolved from an ancestor that itself had lost the ability to metamorphose.
然而，通过对蝾螈族谱的详细分析，我们可以清楚地看到，其他谱系分支是从一个本身已经失去了变形的能力的祖先演化而来的。
"It's just beginning to metamorphose, and we're beginning to see where the technology can reach, " says Pasley.
Cornell's laboratory research suggests that wind-blown pollen from the Bt corn could disrupt the monarch caterpillar's feeding -- often killing them before they metamorphose from caterpillars to butterflies.