metamorphism
构词拆分
metamorphosis词根/词干
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-ism后缀
Used to form nouns of action, process, or result based on the accompanying verb ending in -ise or -ize. · Used to form the name of a school of thought, system, or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder (When de-capitalized, these overlap with the generic "doctrines" sense below, e.g. Liberalism vs. liberalism.)
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←法语 métamorphisme
词源说明
From metamorphosis + -ism, after French métamorphisme.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (geology) The process by which rocks are changed into other forms by the application of heat and/or pressure.
- (zoology) The process by which insects develop through life stages, for example, those of embryo, larva, pupa and imago. The life cycle of the butterfly is one of complete metamorphosis, in which the embryo grows within the egg, hatches into the larval stage