metamorphosis
n. 變形(尤指從蛹變為昆蟲); (性格、環境等的)改變
When a metamorphosis occurs, a person or thing develops and changes into something completely different.
...his metamorphosis from a republican to a democrat...
他從共和黨人到民主黨人的倒戈
The employment department has undergone several metamor-phoses.
就業部已經經歷了數次改革。
1. the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
2. a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances;
3. a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
She's undergone quite a metamorphosis since you last saw her.
自你上次見到她以來,她已完全變了一個樣子.
Low temperature keep the foods from metamorphosis.
低溫使食物不會變質.
Kafka Franz. The metamorphosis. New York: Bantam Books 1986.
法蘭茲.卡夫卡, 《變形記》, 紐約: 班騰出版社,1986.
Known noticanthiforms don't change much in size during the metamorphosis from larva to adult.
在從幼年到成年的變形過程中,這種魚的大小不會有很大改變.
Tadpoles become frogs by metamorphosis ; they lose their tails and grow legs.
蝌蚪因蛻變而變成青蛙; 它們去掉了尾巴、了腿.