单词 | shapeshift |
释义 | shapeshiftv. intransitive. To undergo a transformation in appearance or form, esp. through the exercise of supernatural or magical powers. Also more generally: to undergo change; to alter or transform. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > be transformed [verb (intransitive)] wortheOE awendOE golOE turnc1275 changec1300 runc1384 to run into ——c1384 fare1398 writhea1400 transmewc1400 returnc1475 transume1480 convert1549 transform1597 remove1655 transeate1657 transmute1675 make1895 metamorphose1904 shapeshift1927 metamorphize1943 metamorphosize1967 morph1992 1927 B. W. Brotherston in Open Court Dec. 740 Particular things and persons may shape-shift indefinitely—from old woman to beautiful maiden, or to serpent, or to werewolf. 1982 N. Delbanco Group Portrait iv. 175 If the novel is continually dying, however, it is also continually being reborn. The genre has shape-shifted before and will again. 1992 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 18 Oct. 37 Baz Luhrmann's movie is one of the year's best—shape-shifting from witty spoof to tender romance to social cynicism. 2019 Bolivian Express Mag. (Nexis) 31 Dec. A kharisiri is human in appearance, but some believe he or she can, at times, shapeshift into a dog or other animal. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1927 |
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