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1.metabolize v.使新陈代谢( to subject to metabolism) 例：In virtually all types of tissue in ever}t animal species, dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organisms attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, chemical irritants. 同根词：metabolism(n.新陈代谢) 2.metallic a.金属的(of, relating to, or being a metal) 词根记忆：来自metal(n.金属) 例：Plate movements are the surface expressions of motions in the mantle-the thick shell of rock that lies between Earths crust and its metallic core. 同根词：metalize(v.使金属化) 3.motamorphic a．变质的;变性的(of or relating to metamorphosis) 例：According to the passage, the widely held view of Archean-age gold-quartz vein systems is that such systems were formed from metamorphic fluids. 同根词：metamorphosis(n.变形;变质) 4.metaphor n.隐喻，暗喻(a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison) 词根记忆：meta(变化)+phor(常有)--以变化的方式表达--隐喻 例：The candidates speech contained many metaphors and little substance. 5.meteor n.【天】流星（a bright trail or streak that appears in the sky when a meteoroid is heated to incandescence by friction with the earths atmosphere） | 
