English Dictionary

metamorphosis

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A transformation, such as one performed by magic. / A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.

日本語の意味

魔法などによる劇的な変身 / 性質、外観、機能や状態の顕著な変化

The old wizard watched the metamorphosis of the frog into a prince with a mixture of awe and regret.

老いた魔法使いは、カエルが王子に変身する様子を畏敬と後悔の入り混じった表情で見守った。

意味（1）

A transformation, such as one performed by magic.

With Severne she along doth go, / Her Metamorphosis to show ; / And makes the wand’ring Wy declaim / In honour of the British name.

意味（2）

A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.

The station has been refurbished both at ground level and below ground, where the wide, fluorescently lit platforms are an almost unrecognisable metamorphosis of the dingy, reeking Low Level of old.

意味（3）

(biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)

意味（4）

(pathology) A change in the structure of a specific body tissue. Usually degenerative.

metamorphoses （ plural ）