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单词 metamorphosing
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metamorphosingn.

Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊzɪŋ/, /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊzɪŋ/, /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈmɔrˌfoʊzɪŋ/, /ˌmɛdəˈmɔrˌfoʊsɪŋ/
Forms: 1600s– metamorphosing, 1900s– metamorphozing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metamorphose v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < metamorphose v. + -ing suffix1. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (metămǭ·ɹfouziŋ, -fŏsiŋ) /mɛtəˈmɔːfəʊzɪŋ/ /-fəsɪŋ/.
The action or process of changing form, nature, or character; transformation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping > action or fact of changing shape
metamorphosis1447
transformation?a1475
metamorphosy1532
transfiguration1548
transforming1580
metamorphose1608
metamorphosing1608
metamorphizing1609
transformance1611
transmogrification1661
transfigurement1865
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > changing in shape or form > by supernatural means
alchemy1580
metamorphosing1608
metamorphizing1609
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun]
overchangingc1384
transmutation1398
permutationa1425
transforming1435
resolutiona1450
translating1503
resolvinga1513
conversion1549
transposing1550
conversationa1570
transmuting1579
projection?1583
transmigration1618
version1626
transversion1656
transmogrification1661
converting1711
metamorphosing1730
metastasis1818
turn-over1825
interconversion1865
transnaturation1873
transmorphism1888
segue1945
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 8 From this changing of rods into Serpents, came the seuerall metamorphosing of sundry other things into Serpents also.
1668 Duchess of Newcastle Grounds Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) iv. i. 39 To transform from one sort of Creature, into another sort of Creature, as Cheese into Maggots, and Fruit into Worms, &c. which, in some manner, is like Metamorphosing.
1730 ‘T. Thumb’ Helter Skelter Way of Writing 21 We were soon hurried away to a Metamorphosing House in the Hay-Market.
1878 T. Sinclair Mount 253 None has been nearer to seeing the Shakespearean metamorphosing here than Macdonald.
1918 K. Burke Let. 6 Jan. in Sel. Corr. K. Burke & M. Cowley (1988) 57 I want to trace simply the metamorphozing of these problems.
1993 J. Hines Fabliau in Eng. (BNC) 90 The metamorphosing of sexual and monetary transactions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

metamorphosingadj.

Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊzɪŋ/, /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊzɪŋ/, /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈmɔrˌfoʊzɪŋ/, /ˌmɛdəˈmɔrˌfoʊsɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metamorphose v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < metamorphose v. + -ing suffix2.
1. That causes metamorphosis.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaping or able to shape > into different form
metamorphosing1607
transformative1673
re-formative1838
transfiguring1846
transfigurating1871
reshaping1872
transfigurative1899
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > transforming
transmuting1579
metamorphosing1607
transmutative1611
leavening1628
transmutatorya1631
transforminga1653
conversive1656
convertive1816
metamorphotic1826
transmutive1836
transfiguring1846
transmogrifying1851
permutating1852
transfigurating1871
transfigurative1899
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > transformation of tissue
metamorphosed1859
metamorphosing1878
1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 7v As if his passion had had a metamorphosing deity, stone-like he stood without sence or motion.
1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 32 All things are become new, spirituall, faithfull,..by the metamorphosing Spirit.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 39 This they urge as a proof of the possibility of veneficall, and metamorphosing or transforming Magick.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 8 [It] in effect operates as a modifying and even metamorphosing agent.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 June 13/2 That..current of civilization from whose metamorphosing waves a woman inevitably emerges either a Vera or a Princess Napraxine.
1964 Economist 22 Aug. 699 A first hundred days of metamorphosing reform.
2. That is undergoing or liable to undergo a transformation in form; (Zoology) that undergoes or is undergoing metamorphosis.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > [adjective] > that is being formed > that is changing form
metamorphosing1668
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > phase or type of life cycle > metamorphosis
metamorphosing1668
metabolic1844
metamorphic1850
pleomorphic1886
1668 Duchess of Newcastle Grounds Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) xii. xxv. 209 They are of a Metamorphosing Nature, as to change and rechange; but, when they are Metamorphosed into the form of Air, that Air is a gross Air.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 649 The flea undergoes all the changes of the metamorphosing tribes of insects.
1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 205 The ‘metamorphosing’ breathing of Seitz consists of an inspiratory sound harsh or rough at its commencement, becoming hollow or tubular towards the end of the act of inspiration.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xviii. 486 This phenomenon [sc. ‘frog-showers’] may also be due to cyclones which carry up the metamorphosing larvae in whirling columns of water.
1995 C. Carter Truth is out There 24 Her gradually metamorphosing physique.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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