英语释义
1. a pupa of a butterfly broadly an insect pupa
2. the hardened outer protective layer of a pupa
3. a protecting covering also a sheltered state or stage of being or growth
… a budding writer could not emerge from his chrysalis too soon.
— William Du Bois
4. a moth or butterfly at the stage of growth when it is turning into an adult and is enclosed in a hard case
5. a hard case that protects a moth or butterfly while it is turning into an adult
6. a moth or butterfly pupa that is enclosed in a hardened protective case
7. the hardened protective case made by and enclosing a moth or butterfly pupa