metamorphose
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++met·a·mor·phose /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz $ -ˈmɔːrfoʊz/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal to change completely and become something different, or to make something change in this way （使）变形；（使）彻底变化，（使）发生质变 → transformmetamorphose into From an easy-going young girl, she had metamorphosed into a neurotic middle-aged woman. 她从一个随和的年轻女孩变成了神经质的中年妇女。→ See Verb table
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metamorphose• Along the way, its reputation metamorphosed.• New shapes sprout and metamorphose before our eyes.• Orphan Lara Cameron metamorphoses into a beautiful property tycoon.• A housewife soul must metamorphose into a full-blown housewife.• Fused, however, they metamorphosed into something that conjured improbable visions.• The place metamorphosed into storage space.• Ruth willed it to metamorphose itself to arsenic.• Abuse it, and the coat will metamorphose itself to thrive on the abuse.met·a·mor·phose verbChineseSyllable
Corpus become and different, something change completely to
metamorphose
met‧a‧mor‧phose /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz $ -ˈmɔːrfoʊz/
verb [intransitive and transitive] formal
to change completely and become something different, or to make something change in this way ⇨ transform
metamorphose into
From an easy-going young girl, she had metamorphosed into a neurotic middle-aged woman.
met‧a‧mor‧phose /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz $ -ˈmɔːrfoʊz/
verb [intransitive and transitive] formalto change completely and become something different, or to make something change in this way ⇨ transform
metamorphose into