10:02 Aug 2, 2006 |
Chinese to English translations [PRO] Poetry & Literature / fairy tale | |||||||
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3 +1 | try |
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3 | metamorphose |
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try Explanation: 幻化=变幻=transform + into? |
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metamorphose Explanation: FYI: Keenspot :: View topic - Lycanthropic SheepSimilarly , a human who can turn into a different human is an anthromorph . A creature which can turn into any other kind of creature is a metamorph ( I ... forums.keenspot.com/viewtopic.php?t=73549&start=0&sid=56e38479a481a31947ba370f99c4b458 - 101k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages http://www.bartleby.com/61/71/M0247100.html metamorphose SYLLABICATION: met·a·mor·phose PRONUNCIATION: mt-môrfz, -fs VERB: Inflected forms: met·a·mor·phosed, met·a·mor·phos·ing, met·a·mor·phos·es TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform: “His eyes turned bloodshot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend” (Jack London). 2. To subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism. INTRANSITIVE VERB: To be changed or transformed by or as if by metamorphosis or metamorphism. See synonyms at convert. ETYMOLOGY: French métamorphoser, from Old French, from metamorphose, metamorphosis, from Latin metamorphsis. See metamorphosis. |
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