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form AHD[fôrm] D.J.[fɔːm]K.K.[fɔrm]n.（名词）- The shape and structure of an object.形状：物体的样子和构造
- The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal considered separately from the face or head; figure.形体，身材：动物或人除脸或头外的身体或外貌；身材
- The essence of something.本质：某物的本质
- The mode in which a thing exists, acts, or manifests itself; kind:形式，种类：某物存在、运作、显现的方式；种类：a form of animal life; a form of blackmail.动物的生活方式；恐吓的方式
- Procedure as determined or governed by regulation or custom.步骤：由规则或习俗确定或支配的程序
- A fixed order of words or procedures, as for use in a ceremony; a formula.仪式：一种固定的次序或程序，用于仪式等；规则
- A document with blanks for the insertion of details or information:表格：留有空格供填写具体情况或信息的文书：insurance forms.保险表格
- Manners or conduct as governed by etiquette, decorum, or custom.举止：由礼节、礼仪或习俗支配的举止或行为
- Behavior according to a fixed or accepted standard:行为：合乎固定或认可标准的行为：Tardiness is considered bad form.拖拉被认为是一种不良行为
- Performance considered with regard to acknowledged criteria:表现：以公认技术为评判标准的表现：a good jump shooter having an unusual form.表现与众不同的优秀跳投者
- Proven ability to perform:水平，状态：已知的表现能力：a musician at the top of her form.水平处于顶峰的音乐家
- Fitness, as of an athlete or animal, with regard to health or training.状态：与健康或训练有关的运动员或动物的竞技状态
- The past performance of a racehorse.赛马过去的表现
- A racing form.赛马成绩记录表
- Method of arrangement or manner of coordinating elements in literary or musical composition or in organized discourse:形式：有规则地将文字、乐章或推理要素排列起来的方式：presented my ideas in outline form; a treatise in the form of a dialogue.用提纲的形式表现我的想法；对话形式的论文
- A particular type or example of such arrangement:体裁：这种排列的特定类型或实例：The essay is a literary form.散文是一种文字体裁
- The design, structure, or pattern of a work of art:结构：一件艺术的设计、结构或模式：symphonic form.交响曲
- A mold for the setting of concrete.模板：浇注混凝土的模板
- A model of the human figure or part of it used for displaying clothes.人体模型：人体或部分人体支架模型，用于展示服装
- A proportioned model that may be adjusted for fitting clothes.可调整大小比例的模型：与人体相称的，常可调整的模型，以适用各种服装
- A grade in a British secondary school or in some American private schools:年级：指英国中学或美国一些私立学校中的年级：the sixth form.六年级
- A linguistic form.语型：一种语言学形式
- The external aspect of words with regard to their inflections, pronunciation, or spelling:字的形式变化：因词形、发音或拼写变化的一个词的不同形体之一：verb forms.动词词形
- Chiefly British A long seat; a bench.【多用于英国】 长椅子；长板凳
- The resting place of a hare.野兔的栖息地点
- Botany A subdivision of a variety usually differing in one trivial characteristic, such as flower color.【植物学】 分类：通常有细微特性区别的种属的再分，如花色的再分
v.（动词）formed, form.ing, forms v.tr.（及物动词）- To give form to; shape:做成；成形：form clay into figures.将泥土捏成泥像
- To develop in the mind; conceive:想出：在脑海中形成；想象：form an opinion.形成想法
- To shape or mold (dough, for example) into a particular form.塑造：将（面团等）塑造或浇铸成一特殊形状
- To arrange oneself in:成形：让自己形成：Holding out his arms, the cheerleader formed a T. The acrobats formed a pyramid.啦啦队长伸出手臂做成T形；杂技演员们形成一座金字塔
- To organize or arrange:组织或安排：The environmentalists formed their own party.环境保护主义者组成了自己的团体
- To fashion, train, or develop by instruction or precept:造成，形成：通过指导或训导形成、训练或发展：form a child's mind.造就孩子的想法
- To come to have; develop or acquire:养成：养成；发展或获得：form a habit.养成习惯
- To constitute or compose a usually basic element, part, or characteristic of.构成：组成或作为…通常的基本要素、成分或特性
- To produce (a tense, for example) by assuming an inflection:形成：通过采用曲折变化构成（如时态）：form the pluperfect.构成过去完成时
- To make (a word) by derivation or composition.衍生：用派生法或复合法构（词）
- To put in order; arrange.排列；整理
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To become formed or shaped.形成或成型
- To come into being by taking form; arise.出现：以显现某种形式的方式产生；出现
- To assume a specified form, shape, or pattern.具有特殊的形态：排成一定形式、形状或模式
- Middle English forme 中古英语 forme
- from Latin fōrma 源自 拉丁语 fōrma
form'abilʹity n.（名词）formʹable adj.（形容词）form, figure, shape, configuration, contour, profile- These nouns refer to the external outline of a thing.这些名词指的是一个物体的外部曲线。
- Form is the outline and structure of a thing as opposed to its substance: Form 是相对于一个物体本质而言的某物的外形和构造： stalactites of curious forms;形状奇异的钟乳石；a garden in the form of a lovers' knot.同心结状的花园。
- Figure refers usually to form as established by bounding or enclosing lines: Figure 常指按照限定或围起的线条成形： The cube is a solid geometric figure.立方体是一个牢固的几何图形。"Europe is disclosed as a prone and emaciated figure, the Alps shaping like a backbone, and the branching mountain chains like ribs, the peninsular plateau of Spain forming a head" (Thomas Hardy).“欧洲象一个前倾而憔悴的人，阿尔卑斯山脉象他的脊椎，支脉象肋骨，西班牙的半岛高原则形成头” （托马斯·哈代）。
- Shape implies three-dimensional definition that indicates both outline and bulk or mass: Shape 含有立体的概念，指轮廓和体积： "Rowing [at night] , he faced her, a hooded and cloaked shape" (Joseph Conrad).“划船时 ，他面对着她，一个戴头巾，斗篷的模样” （约瑟夫·康拉德）。
- Configuration stresses the pattern formed by the arrangement of parts within an outline: Configuration 强调在轮廓内将几部分排列起形成的模型： The map shows the configuration of the North American continent, with its mountains, rivers, and plains.地图描绘出北美大陆的地形以及它的山脉、河流和平原。
- Contour refers especially to the outline of a three-dimensional figure: Contour 尤指一个立体物的轮廓： I ran my finger along the soft, curving contour of the child's cheek.我抚摸着孩子柔和、轮廓深刻的面颊。
- Profile denotes the outline of something viewed against a backgroundand especially the outline of the human face in side view: Profile 指在某背景之下显现出的轮廓，尤指人的侧面像： We glimpsed the profile of the church steeple against the last glow of the sunset.我们瞥见在最后的晚霞的衬托下的教堂尖顶。The profile of the old warrior was characterized by a strong jaw and an aquiline nose. 老战士侧面像的特征是一个坚硬的下巴和一个鹰钩鼻。
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