metamorphosize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose. nonstandard
    — "Sitting in the darkness and waiting doesn't come naturally for us even though we "sat" for nine months in our mother's womb, a development which is as mysterious and marvelous as that of a caterpillar metamorphosizing into a butterfly."

词形变化

metamorphosizes present,singular,third-person metamorphosizing participle,present metamorphosized participle,past metamorphosized past metamorphosise alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English metamorphose
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English metamorphosize
From metamorphose + -ize.
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