morph /mɔːf/ ( morphing, morphed, morphs )

• 1. 

  V-I If one thing morphs into another thing, especially something very different, the first thing changes into the second. (尤指很大的、质的)改变; 变化 [非正式]

  例：

  Mild-mannered Stanley morphs into a confident, grinning hero.

  温良恭谨的斯坦利变了，变成了一位充满信心、笑口常开的豪杰人物。

• 2. 

  N the phonological representation of a morpheme 语素 [linguistics]

• 3. 

  N any of the different forms of individual found in a polymorphic species (多态种的)形态 [biology]