動詞 metamorphose:

1. change completely the nature or appearance of
   同義詞：transfigure, transmogrify
2. change in outward structure or looks
   同義詞：transform, transmute

1. The magician metamorphosed the frog into a prince.
   魔術(shù)師把青蛙變成了王子。
2. A larva metamorphoses into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.
   幼蟲變?yōu)橛?，然後再變成蝴蝶?/div>

met.a.mor.phose

v.（動詞）
met.a.mor.phosed,met.a.mor.phos.ing,met.a.mor.phos.es
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform:
使變形：變成一種完全不同的形狀或外表；變形：
例句：
.His eyes turned bloodshot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend.(Jack London)
.他兩眼血紅，霎時變成了一個暴怒的魔鬼.(杰克·倫敦)

To subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism.
易于變形或變質(zhì)
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To be changed or transformed by or as if by metamorphosis or metamorphism.See Synonyms at convert
變質(zhì)：由于或似因為變形、變質(zhì)作用而改變或變形參見 convert

來源：
French métamorphoser
法語 métamorphoser
from Old French
源自 古法語
from metamorphose [metamorphosis]
源自 metamorphose [變形]
from Latin metamorphôsis * see metamorphosis
源自 拉丁語 metamorphôsis *參見 metamorphosis