metamorphic的词源

英文词源

metamorphic (adj.)

1833 (Lyell) in the geological sense, in reference to rock whose form has been changed by heat or pressure, from metamorphosis + -ic. Earlier (1816) in non-technical sense "characterized by change."

中文词源

metamorphic：变形的

meta-,改变，-morph,形状，词源同form.即变形的。

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