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单词 shapeshift
释义

shapeshiftv.

Brit. /ˈʃeɪpʃɪft/, U.S. /ˈʃeɪpˌʃɪft/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: shape n.1, shift v.
Etymology: < shape n.1 + shift v. Compare earlier shape-shifting adj. and n. at shape n.1 Compounds 1a(b).
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.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > be transformed [verb (intransitive)]
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awendOE
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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).
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