Definition of metamorphose in English:

metamorphose

verb ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊz

1no object (of an insect or amphibian) undergo metamorphosis, especially into the adult form.
（昆虫，两栖动物）变态（尤指变成熟）
feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults
在幼虫变成成虫前，把它们喂给鱼吃。
Example sentencesExamples
- Most amphibians hatch as aquatic, swimming larvae, then metamorphose into terrestrial forms.
- After a larva lands on the ocean floor, it metamorphoses, and the adult sponge begins to grow.
- The fungus seems to do no harm until the tadpoles start to metamorphose and develop the keratin-rich skin of the adult stage.
- Also see fishlike tadpoles that will later metamorphose into American bullfrogs, sprouting legs and losing their tails.
- The megalopas return in large swarms to the nearshore waters and estuaries in the spring, where they metamorphose into first instar juvenile crabs.
- He'd always bring a jar of the stuff in and we'd have lessons where we'd document the life of the frog by watching the frog spawn hatch and metamorphose from tadpoles to frogs.
- Many polychaetes hatch into a particular type of planktonic larva, the trochophore, which later metamorphoses into a juvenile annelid.
- Ordinarily, between 6 and 11 percent of leopard frog tadpoles survive and metamorphose into adults.
- Then, after thirteen or seventeen years (depending on the species), the nymphs crawl to the surface and metamorphose into red-eyed adults.
- Embryonic coelomic structures have specific fates as the bilaterally symmetrical larvae metamorphose into radially symmetric adults.
- Three of 11 pools surveyed dried before any tadpoles could metamorphose.
- A larva metamorphoses into a small polyp termed the scyphistoma.
- At the end of the larval stage, the animals drop down to the seafloor and metamorphose into adults.
- Trilling frog tadpoles can metamorphose within 17 days, pumping the same hormone through their systems that induces premature births in humans.
- The net result of these four features of development is that larvae will metamorphose at an earlier age if they encounter a decline in growth opportunity, providing that they have exceeded a critical threshold.
- Fertilized eggs develop into crawling planula larvae which settle on hermit crab-occupied shells, and subsequently metamorphose into primary polyps.
- These larvae will also metamorphose into adults sooner than their long-armed brethren and thus are vulnerable to planktonic predators for a shorter period of time.
- Larvae metamorphose spontaneously, regardless of where they are.
- The exercise is very popular with most students, and some once infected with the publication bug metamorphose into helpless, chronic letter writers.
- The newly hatched larvae grow for approximately two months before they begin to metamorphose into the adult form.
1. 1.1 Change or cause to change completely in form or nature.
  变形；变质
  overnight, family houses metamorphose into bed and breakfast as 7,000 visitors roll into town
  Example sentencesExamples
  It metamorphoses, mutates, transforms with each effort to capture it, so that anything that is ‘captured’ would be anything but the beginning.
  Metaphor adds its own changes to those botanical metamorphoses the poem celebrates descriptively.
  Like a creature of nature who can quickly adapt to her surroundings, I hibernate, metamorphose, undergo catharsis and finally become a butterfly.
  It becomes a matter of concern when these things get repeated once too often and responsible persons metamorphose into gurus telling people, especially women, how to live their lives.
  Their most talented and experienced analysts are likely to metamorphose into bankers, who earn roughly twice what they do, leaving their less savvy colleagues to serve retail clients.
  However ‘temporary’ these sanctions are supposed to be, the history of such measures is that they tend to metamorphose into something far more long-lasting.
  I should say that there are some fine performances in the film as well, particularly from Gary Sinise who seems to be able to metamorphose into whatever character he is playing.
  His appeal discloses the ‘work’ of making early television and also very publicly admits to the nature of program metamorphoses from program department conception to a weekly show.
  Synonyms
  transform, change, mutate, transmute, transfigure, convert, alter, vary, modify, remodel, recast, restyle, reconstruct, reorder, reorganize, undergo a sea change, translate
  humorous transmogrify
  formal transubstantiate
2Geology
with object Subject (rock) to metamorphism.
〔地质〕使（岩石）变质
the extreme heat metamorphosed the sandstone, baking it white and producing a quartzite rock
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Marble’ is a general term for any kind of limestone or other carbonate rock that has been metamorphosed.
- The geology of the complex, poorly exposed and highly deformed and metamorphosed rocks of the Sudetes of SW Poland has long been controversial.
- These rocks were metamorphosed during the Grampian Orogeny.
- Two facies of regionally metamorphosed rocks that may be of either original sedimentary or igneous derivation are characterized by epidote.
- This rock unit consists chiefly of Silurian shale and sandstone that have been metamorphosed to high-grade schist and migmatite.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French métamorphoser, from métamorphose (see metamorphosis).

Definition of metamorphose in US English:

metamorphose

verb

[no object]

1(of an insect or amphibian) undergo metamorphosis, especially into the adult form.
（昆虫，两栖动物）变态（尤指变成熟）
feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults
在幼虫变成成虫前，把它们喂给鱼吃。
Example sentencesExamples
- Most amphibians hatch as aquatic, swimming larvae, then metamorphose into terrestrial forms.
- Then, after thirteen or seventeen years (depending on the species), the nymphs crawl to the surface and metamorphose into red-eyed adults.
- After a larva lands on the ocean floor, it metamorphoses, and the adult sponge begins to grow.
- Also see fishlike tadpoles that will later metamorphose into American bullfrogs, sprouting legs and losing their tails.
- Embryonic coelomic structures have specific fates as the bilaterally symmetrical larvae metamorphose into radially symmetric adults.
- The megalopas return in large swarms to the nearshore waters and estuaries in the spring, where they metamorphose into first instar juvenile crabs.
- A larva metamorphoses into a small polyp termed the scyphistoma.
- The exercise is very popular with most students, and some once infected with the publication bug metamorphose into helpless, chronic letter writers.
- The newly hatched larvae grow for approximately two months before they begin to metamorphose into the adult form.
- Larvae metamorphose spontaneously, regardless of where they are.
- Ordinarily, between 6 and 11 percent of leopard frog tadpoles survive and metamorphose into adults.
- He'd always bring a jar of the stuff in and we'd have lessons where we'd document the life of the frog by watching the frog spawn hatch and metamorphose from tadpoles to frogs.
- These larvae will also metamorphose into adults sooner than their long-armed brethren and thus are vulnerable to planktonic predators for a shorter period of time.
- Trilling frog tadpoles can metamorphose within 17 days, pumping the same hormone through their systems that induces premature births in humans.
- The net result of these four features of development is that larvae will metamorphose at an earlier age if they encounter a decline in growth opportunity, providing that they have exceeded a critical threshold.
- At the end of the larval stage, the animals drop down to the seafloor and metamorphose into adults.
- Many polychaetes hatch into a particular type of planktonic larva, the trochophore, which later metamorphoses into a juvenile annelid.
- Three of 11 pools surveyed dried before any tadpoles could metamorphose.
- The fungus seems to do no harm until the tadpoles start to metamorphose and develop the keratin-rich skin of the adult stage.
- Fertilized eggs develop into crawling planula larvae which settle on hermit crab-occupied shells, and subsequently metamorphose into primary polyps.
1. 1.1 Change or cause to change completely in form or nature.
  变形；变质
  a father seeing his daughter metamorphosing from girl into woman
  一位看着女儿长大成人的父亲。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It metamorphoses, mutates, transforms with each effort to capture it, so that anything that is ‘captured’ would be anything but the beginning.
  I should say that there are some fine performances in the film as well, particularly from Gary Sinise who seems to be able to metamorphose into whatever character he is playing.
  However ‘temporary’ these sanctions are supposed to be, the history of such measures is that they tend to metamorphose into something far more long-lasting.
  Metaphor adds its own changes to those botanical metamorphoses the poem celebrates descriptively.
  It becomes a matter of concern when these things get repeated once too often and responsible persons metamorphose into gurus telling people, especially women, how to live their lives.
  Like a creature of nature who can quickly adapt to her surroundings, I hibernate, metamorphose, undergo catharsis and finally become a butterfly.
  His appeal discloses the ‘work’ of making early television and also very publicly admits to the nature of program metamorphoses from program department conception to a weekly show.
  Their most talented and experienced analysts are likely to metamorphose into bankers, who earn roughly twice what they do, leaving their less savvy colleagues to serve retail clients.
  Synonyms
  transform, change, mutate, transmute, transfigure, convert, alter, vary, modify, remodel, recast, restyle, reconstruct, reorder, reorganize, undergo a sea change, translate
2. 1.2Geology with object Subject (rock) to metamorphism.
  〔地质〕使（岩石）变质
  the extreme heat metamorphosed the sandstone, baking it white and producing a quartzite rock
  Example sentencesExamples
  The geology of the complex, poorly exposed and highly deformed and metamorphosed rocks of the Sudetes of SW Poland has long been controversial.
  This rock unit consists chiefly of Silurian shale and sandstone that have been metamorphosed to high-grade schist and migmatite.
  These rocks were metamorphosed during the Grampian Orogeny.
  Two facies of regionally metamorphosed rocks that may be of either original sedimentary or igneous derivation are characterized by epidote.
  ‘Marble’ is a general term for any kind of limestone or other carbonate rock that has been metamorphosed.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French métamorphoser, from métamorphose (see metamorphosis).

单词	metamorphose
释义	Definition of metamorphose in English: metamorphose verb ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊz 1no object (of an insect or amphibian) undergo metamorphosis, especially into the adult form. （昆虫，两栖动物）变态（尤指变成熟） feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults 在幼虫变成成虫前，把它们喂给鱼吃。 Example sentencesExamples Most amphibians hatch as aquatic, swimming larvae, then metamorphose into terrestrial forms. After a larva lands on the ocean floor, it metamorphoses, and the adult sponge begins to grow. The fungus seems to do no harm until the tadpoles start to metamorphose and develop the keratin-rich skin of the adult stage. Also see fishlike tadpoles that will later metamorphose into American bullfrogs, sprouting legs and losing their tails. The megalopas return in large swarms to the nearshore waters and estuaries in the spring, where they metamorphose into first instar juvenile crabs. He'd always bring a jar of the stuff in and we'd have lessons where we'd document the life of the frog by watching the frog spawn hatch and metamorphose from tadpoles to frogs. Many polychaetes hatch into a particular type of planktonic larva, the trochophore, which later metamorphoses into a juvenile annelid. Ordinarily, between 6 and 11 percent of leopard frog tadpoles survive and metamorphose into adults. Then, after thirteen or seventeen years (depending on the species), the nymphs crawl to the surface and metamorphose into red-eyed adults. Embryonic coelomic structures have specific fates as the bilaterally symmetrical larvae metamorphose into radially symmetric adults. Three of 11 pools surveyed dried before any tadpoles could metamorphose. A larva metamorphoses into a small polyp termed the scyphistoma. At the end of the larval stage, the animals drop down to the seafloor and metamorphose into adults. Trilling frog tadpoles can metamorphose within 17 days, pumping the same hormone through their systems that induces premature births in humans. The net result of these four features of development is that larvae will metamorphose at an earlier age if they encounter a decline in growth opportunity, providing that they have exceeded a critical threshold. Fertilized eggs develop into crawling planula larvae which settle on hermit crab-occupied shells, and subsequently metamorphose into primary polyps. These larvae will also metamorphose into adults sooner than their long-armed brethren and thus are vulnerable to planktonic predators for a shorter period of time. Larvae metamorphose spontaneously, regardless of where they are. The exercise is very popular with most students, and some once infected with the publication bug metamorphose into helpless, chronic letter writers. The newly hatched larvae grow for approximately two months before they begin to metamorphose into the adult form. 1.1 Change or cause to change completely in form or nature. 变形；变质 overnight, family houses metamorphose into bed and breakfast as 7,000 visitors roll into town Example sentencesExamples It metamorphoses, mutates, transforms with each effort to capture it, so that anything that is ‘captured’ would be anything but the beginning. Metaphor adds its own changes to those botanical metamorphoses the poem celebrates descriptively. Like a creature of nature who can quickly adapt to her surroundings, I hibernate, metamorphose, undergo catharsis and finally become a butterfly. It becomes a matter of concern when these things get repeated once too often and responsible persons metamorphose into gurus telling people, especially women, how to live their lives. Their most talented and experienced analysts are likely to metamorphose into bankers, who earn roughly twice what they do, leaving their less savvy colleagues to serve retail clients. However ‘temporary’ these sanctions are supposed to be, the history of such measures is that they tend to metamorphose into something far more long-lasting. I should say that there are some fine performances in the film as well, particularly from Gary Sinise who seems to be able to metamorphose into whatever character he is playing. His appeal discloses the ‘work’ of making early television and also very publicly admits to the nature of program metamorphoses from program department conception to a weekly show. Synonyms transform, change, mutate, transmute, transfigure, convert, alter, vary, modify, remodel, recast, restyle, reconstruct, reorder, reorganize, undergo a sea change, translate humorous transmogrify formal transubstantiate 2Geology with object Subject (rock) to metamorphism. 〔地质〕使（岩石）变质 the extreme heat metamorphosed the sandstone, baking it white and producing a quartzite rock Example sentencesExamples ‘Marble’ is a general term for any kind of limestone or other carbonate rock that has been metamorphosed. The geology of the complex, poorly exposed and highly deformed and metamorphosed rocks of the Sudetes of SW Poland has long been controversial. These rocks were metamorphosed during the Grampian Orogeny. Two facies of regionally metamorphosed rocks that may be of either original sedimentary or igneous derivation are characterized by epidote. This rock unit consists chiefly of Silurian shale and sandstone that have been metamorphosed to high-grade schist and migmatite. Origin Late 16th century: from French métamorphoser, from métamorphose (see metamorphosis). Definition of metamorphose in US English: metamorphose verb [no object] 1(of an insect or amphibian) undergo metamorphosis, especially into the adult form. （昆虫，两栖动物）变态（尤指变成熟） feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults 在幼虫变成成虫前，把它们喂给鱼吃。 Example sentencesExamples Most amphibians hatch as aquatic, swimming larvae, then metamorphose into terrestrial forms. Then, after thirteen or seventeen years (depending on the species), the nymphs crawl to the surface and metamorphose into red-eyed adults. After a larva lands on the ocean floor, it metamorphoses, and the adult sponge begins to grow. Also see fishlike tadpoles that will later metamorphose into American bullfrogs, sprouting legs and losing their tails. Embryonic coelomic structures have specific fates as the bilaterally symmetrical larvae metamorphose into radially symmetric adults. The megalopas return in large swarms to the nearshore waters and estuaries in the spring, where they metamorphose into first instar juvenile crabs. A larva metamorphoses into a small polyp termed the scyphistoma. The exercise is very popular with most students, and some once infected with the publication bug metamorphose into helpless, chronic letter writers. The newly hatched larvae grow for approximately two months before they begin to metamorphose into the adult form. Larvae metamorphose spontaneously, regardless of where they are. Ordinarily, between 6 and 11 percent of leopard frog tadpoles survive and metamorphose into adults. He'd always bring a jar of the stuff in and we'd have lessons where we'd document the life of the frog by watching the frog spawn hatch and metamorphose from tadpoles to frogs. These larvae will also metamorphose into adults sooner than their long-armed brethren and thus are vulnerable to planktonic predators for a shorter period of time. Trilling frog tadpoles can metamorphose within 17 days, pumping the same hormone through their systems that induces premature births in humans. The net result of these four features of development is that larvae will metamorphose at an earlier age if they encounter a decline in growth opportunity, providing that they have exceeded a critical threshold. At the end of the larval stage, the animals drop down to the seafloor and metamorphose into adults. Many polychaetes hatch into a particular type of planktonic larva, the trochophore, which later metamorphoses into a juvenile annelid. Three of 11 pools surveyed dried before any tadpoles could metamorphose. The fungus seems to do no harm until the tadpoles start to metamorphose and develop the keratin-rich skin of the adult stage. Fertilized eggs develop into crawling planula larvae which settle on hermit crab-occupied shells, and subsequently metamorphose into primary polyps. 1.1 Change or cause to change completely in form or nature. 变形；变质 a father seeing his daughter metamorphosing from girl into woman 一位看着女儿长大成人的父亲。 Example sentencesExamples It metamorphoses, mutates, transforms with each effort to capture it, so that anything that is ‘captured’ would be anything but the beginning. I should say that there are some fine performances in the film as well, particularly from Gary Sinise who seems to be able to metamorphose into whatever character he is playing. However ‘temporary’ these sanctions are supposed to be, the history of such measures is that they tend to metamorphose into something far more long-lasting. Metaphor adds its own changes to those botanical metamorphoses the poem celebrates descriptively. It becomes a matter of concern when these things get repeated once too often and responsible persons metamorphose into gurus telling people, especially women, how to live their lives. Like a creature of nature who can quickly adapt to her surroundings, I hibernate, metamorphose, undergo catharsis and finally become a butterfly. His appeal discloses the ‘work’ of making early television and also very publicly admits to the nature of program metamorphoses from program department conception to a weekly show. Their most talented and experienced analysts are likely to metamorphose into bankers, who earn roughly twice what they do, leaving their less savvy colleagues to serve retail clients. Synonyms transform, change, mutate, transmute, transfigure, convert, alter, vary, modify, remodel, recast, restyle, reconstruct, reorder, reorganize, undergo a sea change, translate 1.2Geology with object Subject (rock) to metamorphism. 〔地质〕使（岩石）变质 the extreme heat metamorphosed the sandstone, baking it white and producing a quartzite rock Example sentencesExamples The geology of the complex, poorly exposed and highly deformed and metamorphosed rocks of the Sudetes of SW Poland has long been controversial. This rock unit consists chiefly of Silurian shale and sandstone that have been metamorphosed to high-grade schist and migmatite. These rocks were metamorphosed during the Grampian Orogeny. Two facies of regionally metamorphosed rocks that may be of either original sedimentary or igneous derivation are characterized by epidote. ‘Marble’ is a general term for any kind of limestone or other carbonate rock that has been metamorphosed. Origin Late 16th century: from French métamorphoser, from métamorphose (see metamorphosis).
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