| 单词 |
anamorphosis |
| 释义 |
anamorphosis|ænəˈmɔːfəsɪs|
[a. Gr. ἀναµόρϕωσις transformation, n. of action f. ἀναµορϕόειν to transform, f. ἀνά back, again + µορϕό-ειν to form, f. µορϕή form. Still by some pronounced anamorphōsis, after the Gr. ω. Cf. metamorphosis.]
1. A distorted projection or drawing of anything, so made that when viewed from a particular point, or by reflection from a suitable mirror, it appears regular and properly proportioned; a deformation.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v., To draw the Anamorphosis, or deformation of an image, upon the convex surface of a cone. 1816T. Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 273 It was to correct their anamorphosis of the Deity, that Jesus preached. 1846Joyce Sci. Dial. xiv. 306 These images are called anamorphoses. 1873Athenæum 25 Jan., This bewildering object is undoubtedly an anamorphosis of a human skull.
2. Bot. Such a degeneration or change in the habit of a plant from different conditions of growth, as gives it the appearance of a different species or genus; abnormal transformation. Chiefly said of cryptogams, as fungi, lichens, and sea-weeds.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 55 The state of anamorphosis, or..that remarkable distension or increase of the cellular tissue of vegetables, from which the name of succulent is derived. 1857Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §446 That genus [Chroolepus] may be a mere anamorphosis of the crust of Lichens.
3. Repetition of the same form at a later stage of development; return to an earlier form. rare.
1862Latham Elem. Comp. Philol. (L.) There is not such a thing as a true anamorphosis in language.
4. = anamorphism 2.
1852Huxley in Phil. Trans. CXLIII. i. 63 Whether true anamorphosis ever occurs in the whole animal kingdom. |
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