chrysalis

C2 FREQ #37863

n. 蛹, 茧, 形成阶段 [医] 蛾蛹, 蛹

发音

其它 /ˈkɹɪsəlɪs/

词形变化

chrysalides chrysalises 复数 chrysalises chrysalisses chrysalides 复数 chrysalisses 复数 chrysalised chrysalises 三单 chrysalising chrysalising 现在分词 chrysalised 过去式 chrysalised 过去分词

别名

chrysallis chrysalid chrysaloid

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    A butterfly pupa or the pupal stage of the butterfly lifestyle; (originally) any pupal stage of any insect wherein the pupa is largely inactive and takes no food.

    蝶蛹

    蛹

  2. 2.

    The bare hanging cocoon of butterfly pupae; (originally) any cocoon.

  3. 3.

    Any limiting environment or situation escaped during one's growth or development in the manner of a butterfly.

    比喻
v.
  1. 1.

    To form a chrysalis or cocoon.

  2. 2.

    To metamorphize, to undergo metamorphosis, to transform.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

pupa

词源

From Latin chrysalis, variant of chrȳsallis, from Ancient Greek χρυσαλλίς (khrusallís), usually derived from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold, golden”) + -αλλ- + -ις (-is, “-id: forming feminine nouns”) but compare θρυαλλίς (thruallís) and ἀρυβαλλίς (aruballís), both believed to come from a Pre-Greek substrate on the basis of their unusual endings.

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