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chrysalis

C2 noun

chrysalis /ˈkɹɪsəlɪs/ nghĩa là nhộng

Các nghĩa

  1. nhộng

    A butterfly pupa or the pupal stage of the butterfly lifestyle; (originally) any pupal stage of any insect wherein the pupa is largely inactive and takes no food.

    Caterpillars, chrysalisses soon reveal / The future gandy butterfly.

    Fanny was afraid. She was like an insect new-hatched from its chrysalis, naked and unprotected in a dawn she could not face.

    A project on butterflies! And caterpillars and chrysalisses and things, and lots of nice drawings, coloured with felt pens.

  2. kén treo (của bướm)

    The bare hanging cocoon of butterfly pupae; (originally) any cocoon.

  3. môi trường hạn chế, giai đoạn phát triển

    Any limiting environment or situation escaped during one's growth or development in the manner of a butterfly.

    figuratively

    However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.

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