sea change

短语

n. 突变, 突发性彻底转变

发音

US /ˈsiːˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
AU
UK /ˈsiːˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

词形变化

sea changes 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A profound transformation; a metamorphosis.

    巨变

    习语

    Public opinion has undergone a sea change since the 2002 elections.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

shift transformation transmutation

词源

From Act I, scene ii, of The Tempest (1610–1611) by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616), spelling modernized: “Full fathom five thy father lies, / Of his bones are coral made: / Those are pearls that were his eyes, / Nothing of him that doth fade, / But doth suffer a sea-change / Into something rich and strange”. The passage refers to how a drowned man’s body lying on the sea bed had been transformed by the sea.

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