| 释义 |
metamorphosed, ppl. a.|mɛtəˈmɔːfəʊzd, -fəst|
[f. metamorphose v. + -ed1.]
In senses of the verb.
1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 1117 Yet..would not these metamorphosed monsters yeeld the towne vnto the Turkes. 1656S. Holland Zara (1719) 76 A number of Metamorphosed Men turned into Beasts by the Inchantments of this wicked Sorceress. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1732) 85 The Monument of Lot's Metamorphos'd Wife. 1729Fielding Temple Beau (1775) I. 102 These cloaths! these looks! these airs! give me reason to wonder how I recollected my metamorphosed friend. 1859Darwin Orig. Spec. xiii. (1903) 175 Naturalists frequently speak of the skull as formed of metamorphosed vertebræ; the jaws of crabs as metamorphosed legs; the stamens and pistils of flowers as metamorphosed leaves. 1878A. H. Green Coal ii. 43 The rocks..are highly metamorphosed Lower Silurian beds. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 160 These old, metamorphosed thrombi. |