幻化

English translation: metamorphose

10:02 Aug 2, 2006

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Poetry & Literature / fairy tale

Chinese term or phrase: 幻化

虎姑婆幻化成人形

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English translation:metamorphose

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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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metamorphose

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幻化＝变幻＝transform + into?

Xu Dongjun
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metamorphose

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