Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Ääntäminen
- IPA: /ˈkɹɪs.ə.lɪs/
| Käännös | |
|---|---|
| Substantiivit | |
| 1. | crisalide {f} |
| 2. | aurelia {f} |
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- The pupa of a butterfly or moth, particularly bare and hanging or girdled, as opposed to enclosed in a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.
- The cocoon itself.
- (figurative) A limiting environment or situation.
Verbit
- To form a chrysalis.
- To metamorphize; to transform.
Esimerkit
- Fanny was afraid. She was like an insect new-hatched from its chrysalis, naked and unprotected in a dawn she could not face.
- However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | chrysalises |
| Monikko | chrysalides |