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单词 metamorphosable
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metamorphosableadj.

Brit. /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊzəbl/, U.S. /ˈˌmɛdəˌmɔrˈfoʊzəb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: metamorphose v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < metamorphose v. + -able suffix, after French métamorphosable (1836). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (metămǭ·ɹfŏsăbl) /mɛtəˈmɔːfəsəbl/.
rare.
That is able or liable to change form.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaped > again or anew > into different form > able to be
metamorphosable1887
1887 I. F. Hapgood tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables IV. vii. i. 154 Is it [sc. slang] really the French tongue?.. It limps on the crutch of the Court of Miracles, a crutch metamorphosable into a club.
1888 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. 2nd Ser. ix. 310 Amiel tells us of his ‘protean nature essentially metamorphosable, polarisable, and virtual’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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