chrysalis

n.

蛹，茧，任何在形成中而尚未至完全成熟阶段的事物；

复数：chrysalises

silkworm chrysalis蚕蛹

1. You are going to make a chrysalis.
   你将要变成蛹。
2. A larva metamorphoses into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.
   幼虫变为蛹，然后再变成蝴蝶。
3. However, it is broken chrysalis merely.
   然而,仅仅是破茧而已。

: from Chrysalis to Multicolored Butterfly
The customary rule : from Chrysalis to Butterfly
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