English-Thai Dictionary

metamorphic

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ การเปลี่ยนแปลง รูปร่าง หรือ ลักษณะ  variable versatile changeable kiao-kab-pian-plang-rub-rang-lak-sa-na

 

metamorphism

N การเปลี่ยนแปลง รูปร่าง หรือ ลักษณะ  change kan-pian-plang-rub-rang-lak-sa-na

 

metamorphose

VI เปลี่ยนรูป ร่าง หรือ ลักษณะ  transform alter diverge pian-plang-rub-rang-lak-sa-na

 

metamorphose into

PHRV เปลี่ยน (รูปร่าง หรือ ธรรมชาติ ของ บางสิ่ง  ไป เป็น  change into plian

 

metamorphosis

N การเปลี่ยนแปลง รูปร่าง หรือ ลักษณะ  การเปลี่ยนแปลง ที่ สมบูรณ์  metasomatism transformation evolution kan-pian-plang-rub-rang-lak-sa-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

METAMORPHIC, METAMORPHOSIC

a.[See Metamorphose. ] Changing the form; transforming.

 

METAMORPHOSE

v.t.[Gr. over, beyond, and form. ] To change into a different form; to transform; particularly, to change the form of insects, as from the larva to a winged animal. The ancients pretended that Jupiter was metamorphosed into a bull, and Lycaon into a wolf. And earth was metamorphosed into man.

 

METAMORPHOSER

n.One that transforms or changes the shape.

 

METAMORPHOSING

ppr. Changing the shape.

 

METAMORPHOSIS

n.Change of form or shape; transformation; particularly, a change in the form of being; as the metamorphosis of an insect from the aurelia or chrysalis state into a winged animal. 1. Any change of form or shape.

 

METAMORPHOSTICAL

a.Pertaining to or effected by metamorphosis.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

METAMORPHIC

Met `a *mor "phic, a. Etym: [See Metamorphosis. ]

 

1. Subject to change; changeable; variable.

 

2. Causing a change of structure.

 

3. (Geol.)

 

Defn: Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since their original deposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks.

 

METAMORPHISM

METAMORPHISM Met `a *mor "phism, n. (Geol.)

 

Defn: The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc. , as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble. Murchison.

 

METAMORPHIST

METAMORPHIST Met `a *mor "phist, n. (Eccl.)

 

Defn: One who believes that the body of Christ was merged into the Deity when he ascended.

 

METAMORPHIZE

METAMORPHIZE Met `a *mor "phize, v. t.

 

Defn: To metamorphose.

 

METAMORPHOSE

Met `a *mor "phose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Metamorphosed; p. pr. & vb. n.Metamorphosing. ] Etym: [Cf. F. métamorphoser.]

 

Defn: To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute. And earth was metamorphosed into man. Dryden.

 

METAMORPHOSE

Met `a *mor "phose, n. Etym: [Cf. F. métamorphose. See Metamorphosis. ]

 

Defn: Same as Metamorphosis.

 

METAMORPHOSER

METAMORPHOSER Met `a *mor "pho *ser, n.

 

Defn: One who metamorphoses. [R.] Gascoigne.

 

METAMORPHOSIC

METAMORPHOSIC Met `a *mor "pho *sic, a.

 

Defn: Changing the form; transforming. [R.] Pownall.

 

METAMORPHOSIS

Met `a *mor "pho *sis, n.; pl. Metamorphoses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

 

1. Change of form, or structure; transformation.

 

2. (Biol.)

 

Defn: A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc. , in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See Transformation.

 

3. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism. Vegetable metamorphosis (Bot. ), the doctrine that flowers are homologous with leaf buds, and that the floral organs are transformed leaves.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

metamorphic

met a mor phic |ˈmetəˈmôrfik ˈˌmɛdəˈmɔrfɪk | ▶adjective 1 Geology denoting rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure, or other natural agencies, e.g., in the folding of strata or the nearby intrusion of igneous rocks. 2 of or marked by metamorphosis: the shift from dead stillness to hurricane-force winds was as metamorphic as Jekyll to Hyde. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from meta- (denoting a change of condition ) + Greek morphē ‘form ’ + -ic .

 

metamorphism

met a mor phism |ˈmetəˈmôrˌfizəm ˌmɛdəˈmɔrfɪzəm | ▶noun Geology alteration of the composition or structure of a rock by heat, pressure, or other natural agency.

 

metamorphose

met a mor phose |ˌmetəˈmôrˌfōz, -ˌfōs ˌmɛdəˈmɔrˌfoʊz | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of an insect or amphibian ) undergo metamorphosis, esp. into the adult form: feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults. • change or cause to change completely in form or nature: a father seeing his daughter metamorphosing from girl into woman. • [ with obj. ] Geology subject (rock ) to metamorphism: (as adj. metamorphosed ) : a metamorphosed sandstone. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French métamorphoser, from métamorphose (see metamorphosis ).

 

metamorphosis

met a mor pho sis |ˌmetəˈmôrfəsəs ˌmɛdəˈmɔrfəsəs | ▶noun ( pl. metamorphoses |-fəˌsēz | ) Zoology (in an insect or amphibian ) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages. • a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means: his metamorphosis from presidential candidate to talk-show host. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek metamorphōsis, from metamorphoun ‘transform, change shape. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

metamorphic

meta |morph ¦ic |mɛtəˈmɔːfɪk | ▶adjective 1 Geology denoting or relating to rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure, or other natural agencies, e.g. in the folding of strata or the nearby intrusion of igneous rocks. 2 of or marked by metamorphosis: the supermodels' metamorphic ability to bend their looks. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from meta- (denoting a change of condition ) + Greek morphē ‘form ’ + -ic .

 

metamorphism

meta |morph ¦ism |mɛtəˈmɔːfɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Geology alteration of the composition or structure of a rock by heat, pressure, or other natural agency.

 

metamorphose

metamorphose |ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊz | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] (of an insect or amphibian ) undergo metamorphosis, especially into the adult form: feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults. • change or cause to change completely in form or nature: overnight, family houses metamorphose into bed and breakfast as 7,000 visitors roll into town. 2 [ with obj. ] Geology subject (rock ) to metamorphism: (as adj. metamorphosed ) : a metamorphosed sandstone. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French métamorphoser, from métamorphose (see metamorphosis ).

 

metamorphosis

metamorphosis |ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs, ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. metamorphoses |-siːz | ) [ mass noun ] Zoology (in an insect or amphibian ) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages. • a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one: his metamorphosis from presidential candidate to talk-show host. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek metamorphōsis, from metamorphoun ‘transform, change shape ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

metamorphosis

metamorphosis noun his amazing metamorphosis from gawky hayseed to sexy pop star: transformation, mutation, transmutation, change, alteration, conversion, modification, remodeling, reconstruction; humorous transmogrification; formal transubstantiation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

metamorphose

metamorphose verb in the painting Queen Maria Luisa is metamorphosed into a barn owl: transform, change, mutate, transmute, transfigure, convert, alter, vary, modify, remodel, recast, restyle, reconstruct, reorder, reorganize, undergo a sea change, translate; humorous transmogrify; formal transubstantiate.

 

metamorphosis

metamorphosis noun transformation, mutation, transmutation, transfiguration, change, alteration, conversion, variation, modification, remodelling, restyling, reconstruction, reordering, reorganization, sea change; humorous transmogrification; formal transubstantiation.

 

Duden Dictionary

metamorph

me ta morph Adjektiv Fachsprache metamorphisch |metam o rph |zu Metamorphose seine Gestalt, seinen Zustand wandelnd

 

metamorphisch

me ta mor phisch Adjektiv selten Fachsprache metamorph |metam o rphisch |zu Metamorphose seine Gestalt, seinen Zustand wandelnd

 

Metamorphismus

Me ta mor phis mus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Metamorph i smus |der Metamorphismus; Genitiv: des Metamorphismus, Plural: die Metamorphismen Metamorphose

 

Metamorphit

Me ta mor phit Substantiv, maskulin Geologie , der |Metamorph i t auch …ˈfɪt |der Metamorphit; Genitiv: des Metamorphits, Plural: die Metamorphite meist im Plural durch Metamorphose 4 entstandenes Gestein

 

Metamorphopsie

Me ta mor ph op sie , Me ta mor phop sie Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Metamorphops ie |die Metamorphopsie; Genitiv: der Metamorphopsie, Plural: die Metamorphopsien Sehstörung, bei der die Gegenstände verzerrt gesehen werden

 

Metamorphose

Me ta mor pho se Substantiv, feminin , die |Metamorph o se |die Metamorphose; Genitiv: der Metamorphose, Plural: die Metamorphosen lateinisch metamorphosis < griechisch metamórphōsis, zu: metá = ver- und morphḗ = Gestalt 1 bildungssprachlich Umgestaltung, Verwandlung eine Metamorphose durchmachen 2 Zoologie Entwicklung vom Ei zum geschlechtsreifen Tier über selbstständige Larvenstadien (besonders bei Insekten )3 Botanik Umbildung der Grundform eines pflanzlichen Organs zu einem Organ mit besonderer Funktion im Verlauf der Stammesgeschichte 4 Geologie Umwandlung und Umformung eines Gesteins in ein anderes als Folge einer Veränderung von Druck und Temperatur, denen das Gestein ausgesetzt ist 5 Mythologie, Dichtung Verwandlung eines Menschen in Tier, Pflanze, Quelle, Stein o. Ä.6 Pluraletantum Musik Veränderungen eines Themas in seiner Grundform (im Unterschied zur Variation eines vorgegebenen Themas )

 

metamorphosieren

me ta mor pho sie ren schwaches Verb bildungssprachlich |metamorphos ie ren |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « verwandeln, umwandeln; die Gestalt ändern

 

French Dictionary

métamorphose

métamorphose n. f. nom féminin 1 Transformation radicale. : La métamorphose de la chenille en papillon. 2 Évolution. : Une métamorphose progressive. SYNONYME changement ; mutation . Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom métempsycose, réincarnation. Note Orthographique métamor ph ose.

 

métamorphoser

métamorphoser v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif Changer radicalement la forme, la nature de quelqu ’un, de quelque chose. : Cette nouvelle coiffure l ’a métamorphosée: on la reconnaît à peine! verbe pronominal Changer complètement de forme, d ’état. : En quelques années, ces enfants se sont métamorphosés. SYNONYME transformer . Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Les princes se sont métamorphosés en crapauds. aimer Note Orthographique métamor ph oser.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

metamorphic

met a mor phic /mètəmɔ́ː r fɪk /形容詞 1 変成の ; 変態の .2 〘地 〙変形の, 変質の .

 

metamorphose

met a mor phose /mètəmɔ́ː r foʊz /動詞 ｟かたく ｠自動詞 «…から /まったく違うものに » 変形 [変質, 変態 ]する «from /into » .他動詞 «…から /まったく違うものに » …を変形 [変質, 変態 ]させる «from /into » .

 

metamorphosis

met a mor pho sis /mètəmɔ́ː r fəsɪs /名詞 複 -ses /-sìːz /C U ｟かたく ｠1 大変貌, 変容 .2 〘生物 〙変態 .