- A chrysalis is the form a caterpillar takes before it emerges from its cocoon as a fully formed moth or butterfly. The chrysalis has hard skin that's left behind after the caterpillar sheds its soft outer skin.
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- n. [昆] 蝶蛹；虫茧；准备期
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1. It’s a pattern repeated when he quit his degree to work for independent music publisher chrysalis.
此后他故伎重演，放弃自己学位转投独立音乐发行商Chrysalis。
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2. As many times as I've watched it, the transformation from caterpillar to chrysalis still rivets me.
我一遍一遍地看着毛毛虫转变为蛹，每次都被深深地吸引着。 毛毛虫蠕动着，肿胀着，突然，它的带条纹的皮肤在背后裂开，就像是一对皮膜作的裤子。
- chrysalis (n.) "form in the life-cycle of butterflies, moths, etc., between larval and adult, consisting of a dormant pupa in a hard outer case," also the case itself, c. 1600, from Latin chrysallis, from Greek khrysallis (genitive khrysallidos) "golden colored pupa of the butterfly," from khrysos "gold" (see chryso-), + second element meaning something like "sheath." Seeking a plural, OED leans toward the classically correct chrysalides."
chrys·alis / ˈkrɪsəlɪs ; NAmE ˈkrɪsəlɪs / noun ( also chrys·alid ) the form of an insect, especially a butterflyor moth,while it is changing into an adult inside a hard case, also called a chrysalis （尤指蝴蝶或蛾的）蛹，蛹壳 ☞compare pupa chrysalis chrysalises chrysalides chrys·alis / ˈkrɪsəlɪs ; NAmE ˈkrɪsəlɪs /
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