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anamorphosis

/an-uh-mawr-fuh-sis, -mawr-foh-sis/US // ˌæn əˈmɔr fə sɪs, -mɔrˈfoʊ sɪs //UK // (ˌænəˈmɔːfəsɪs, -mɔːˈfəʊsɪs) //

蜕变,变态,变形,蜕化

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural an·a·mor·pho·ses [an-uh-mawr-fuh-seez, -mawr-foh-seez]. /ˌæn əˈmɔr fəˌsiz, -mɔrˈfoʊ siz/.

    • : a drawing presenting a distorted image that appears in natural form under certain conditions, as when viewed at a raking angle or reflected from a curved mirror.
    • : the method of producing such a drawing.
    • : Zoology, Entomology. the gradual change in form from one type to another during the evolution of a group of organisms.
    • : metamorphosis in which body parts or segments are added to those already present.

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Examples

  • The curious fish-like object is simply the anamorphosis—the distorted projection—of a human skull.

  • It may indeed be a matter of very grave consideration whether true anamorphosis ever occurs in the whole animal kingdom.

  • On this disc is fixed the picture from which it is desired to make an anamorphosis.

  • The sun was setting, and its slanting rays caused the shadow to assume the appearance of an anamorphosis of ludicrous proportions.

  • The second kind of anamorphosis is produced by the distortion of the picture in the sense of one of its dimensions.