chrysalis /'knsalis; 'knslis/ n (pl -lises) /-lisiz; -lisiz/ form taken by an insect during the torpid stage of its life (ie between the time when it creeps or crawls as a larva and the time when it flies as a moth, butterfly, etc); the sheath that covers it during this time. 金蛹 (昆蟲生活史的第二階段，如蛾、蝶等之介于幼蟲爬行期與成蟲飛行期的階段)： M (蛹之亦殼) o → the illus at butterfly. 參第 butterfly 之插圖。