| 单词 | form |
| 释义 | form (once / 11 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n 4n 5n 6n The way something (or someone) is shaped or arranged is its form. You might use it to describe the way a person looks walking in the woods at dusk by saying, "Her form was almost lost between the shadowy trees." Physical objects have a form, and so do less tangible things like music, movies, and stories. When form is used as a verb, it means "to give shape to," as when a filmmaker works to form the narrative of her movie so that it makes sense to the audience. WORD FAMILYform: biform, deform, formation, formative, formed, forming, formless, forms, multiform, preform, reform+/deform: deformation, deformed, deforming, deforms/deformation: deformational, deformations/deformed: deformedly, deformity/deformity: deformities/formation: formations, re-formation/formative: formatively, formatives/formed: ill-formed, re-formed, unformed/formless: formlessly/preform: preformation, preformed, preforms/preformation: preformations/reform: reformable, reformation, reformative, reformatory, reformed, reformer, reforming, reformism, reforms/reformable: unreformable/reformation: counterreformation, reformations, self-reformation/reformatory: reformatories/reformed: reformedly, unreformed/reformer: reformers/reformism: reformist/reformist: reformists/unformed: unformedly USAGE EXAMPLESAll along, Trace McSorley, the Penn State second-year quarterback, created his own form of pass protection. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) One little girl broke the school “ethnicity” form because her mother was Asian Indian and her father Wisconsin white. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) But she seemed to find some form and confidence in the third game which included a booming winner from a crosscourt forehand. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a perceptual structure the composition presents problems for students of musical form Syn|Hypo|Hyper pattern, shape fractal (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry gestalta configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts grida pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines kaleidoscopea complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes mosaica pattern resembling a mosaic stranda pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole reference grida pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image or a map Amsler grida pattern of small boxes that is used for self-monitoring by patients who have age-related macular degeneration structure the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations 2n a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality sculpture is a form of art Syn|Hypo|Hyper kind, sort, variety description sort or variety typea subdivision of a particular kind of thing antitypean opposite or contrasting type art form(architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture) stylea particular kind (as to appearance) flavor, flavour(physics) the six kinds of quarks color, colour(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction speciesa specific kind of something genusa general kind of something brand, makea recognizable kind genrea kind of literary or artistic work ilk, likea kind of person mannera kind modela type of product stripea kind or category like, the like, the likes ofa similar kind breeda special type naturea particular type of thing edition, variant, variation, versionsomething a little different from others of the same type architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecturearchitecture as a kind of art form charm(physics) one of the six flavors of quark strangeness(physics) one of the six flavors of quark sonata forma musical form having 3 sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation; characteristic of 1st movement of a sonata or symphony category a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme 3n a particular mode in which something is manifested his resentment took the form of extreme hostility Hyper fashion, manner, modality, mode, style, way how something is done or how it happens 4n (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary Syn|Hypo|Hyper phase dispersed particles, dispersed phase (of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state dispersing medium, dispersing phase, dispersion medium(of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed state, state of matter (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) 5v create (as an entity) social groups form everywhere They formed a company Syn|Hypo|Hyper organise, organize regroup, reorganise, reorganize organize anew, as after a setback choose upform sides, as for a game draw upform or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers regimentform (military personnel) into a regiment syndicateorganize into or form a syndicate create, make make or cause to be or to become 6v give shape or form to form the young child's character Syn|Hypo|Hyper shape individuate give individual shape or form to tieform a knot or bow in terracemake into terraces as for cultivation forkshape like a fork tabulateshape or cut with a flat surface dimensionshape or form to required dimensions rollshape by rolling drawflatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching strikecause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallizecause to take on a definite and clear shape twistform into twists sliverform into slivers ridgeform into a ridge plumeform a plume round, round off, round outmake round scallop, scollopshape or cut in scallops square, square upmake square dishmake concave; shape like a dish fitmake fit flattenmake flat or flatter deform, distort, strainalter the shape of (something) by stress blowshape by blowing blockshape into a block or blocks blockshape by using a block cupform into the shape of a cup circle, encircleform a circle around turnshape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel pursecontract one's lips into a rounded shape steamroll, steamrollermake level or flat with a steamroller splatsplit open and flatten for cooking jaundicedistort adversely roll, roll outflatten or spread with a roller laminatepress or beat (metals) into thin sheets dovetailfit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 7v develop into a distinctive entity Syn|Hypo|Hyper spring, take form, take shape regenerate be formed or shaped anew become come into existence 8v to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting" Syn|Hypo|Hyper constitute, make chelate form a chelate, in chemistry addconstitute an addition be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent form or compose 9v establish or impress firmly in the mind 2Syn|Hyper imprint act upon, influence, work have and exert influence or effect 1n any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) Syn|Hypo|Hyper configuration, conformation, contour, shape keenness, sharpness thinness of edge or fineness of point bluntness, dullnesswithout sharpness or clearness of edge or point topographythe configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features lobularitythe property of having lobules concaveness, concavitythe property possessed by a concave shape convexity, convexnessthe property possessed by a convex shape angularitythe property possessed by a shape that has angles narrowingan instance of becoming narrow curvature, curvethe property possessed by the curving of a line or surface roundnessthe property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular straightnessfreedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles crookednesshaving or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles stratificationa layered configuration acutenessthe quality of having a sharp edge or point obtusenessthe quality of lacking a sharp edge or point hollownessthe property of having a sunken area bulginess, roundednessthe property possessed by a rounded convexity coarctation(biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta taperthe property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone) oblongness, rectangularitythe property of being shaped like a rectangle triangularitythe property of being shaped like a triangle globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericitythe roundness of a 3-dimensional object cylindricality, cylindricalnessthe roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder circularity, disk shapethe roundness of a 2-dimensional figure curliness, waviness(of hair) a tendency to curl straightness(of hair) lack of a tendency to curl bottleneck, chokepoint, constrictiona narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel spatial property, spatiality any property relating to or occupying space 2n the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper shape Colossus of Rhodes a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios that was built around 285 BC and that stood beside the harbor entrance on the island of Rhodes for about 50 years before it was toppled by an earthquake Statue of Libertya large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty Island in New York Bay Denali Faulta major open geological fault in Alaska San Andreas Faulta major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes solid a three-dimensional shape plane, sheet(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape natural shapea shape created by natural forces; not man-made flair, flarea shape that spreads outward figurea combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape linea length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point angular shape, angularitya shape having one or more sharp angles round shapea shape that is curved and without sharp angles distorted shape, distortiona shape resulting from distortion amorphous shapean ill-defined or arbitrary shape connection, connexion, linka connecting shape circlesomething approximating the shape of a circle squaresomething approximating the shape of a square trianglesomething approximating the shape of a triangle column, pillar, toweranything that approximates the shape of a column or tower plumeanything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness curvea line on a graph representing data Cartesian planea plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates facet planethe plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube) midline, midplanethe median plane of the body (or some part of the body) orbital plane(astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting picture planethe plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work tangent planethe plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface leaf form, leaf shapeany of the various shape that leaves of plants can assume equilaterala figure whose sides are all equal pencila figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point plane figure, two-dimensional figurea two-dimensional shape solid figure, three-dimensional figurea three-dimensional shape subfigurea figure that is a part of another figure bulbanything with a round shape resembling a teardrop convex shape, convexitya shape that curves or bulges outward concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvaturea shape that curves or bends inward cylindera solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) curve, curved shapethe trace of a point whose direction of motion changes straight linea line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature geodesic, geodesic line(mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere) perimetera line enclosing a plane areas center line, centerlinea line that bisects a plane figure cone, cone shape, conoida shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point disc, disk, saucersomething with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorla round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) convolution, swirl, vortex, whirlthe shape of something rotating rapidly parallel(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes) polyhedrona solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces contortion, crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousnessa tortuous and twisted shape or position buckle, warpa shape distorted by twisting or folding gnarl, knotsomething twisted and tight and swollen forking, furcationthe place where something divides into branches joga sharp change in direction zag, zig, zigzagan angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions ellipsoid of revolution, spheroida shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes spherea three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center spherea solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) cylindera surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line toroid, torusa ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle toroidthe doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus columellaa small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal hoodoo(geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock rimthe shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object bound, boundary, edgea line determining the limits of an area bend, crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plicationan angular or rounded shape made by folding shapelessnessan amorphous or indefinite shape bloban indistinct shapeless form spacean empty area (usually bounded in some way between things) nodea connecting point at which several lines come together articulation, join, joint, junction, juncturethe shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made cast, mold, mould, stampthe distinctive form in which a thing is made block, cubea three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides ovoidan egg-shaped object frustuma truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed attribute an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity 3n the visual appearance of something or someone Syn|Hyper cast, shape appearance, visual aspect outward or visible aspect of a person or thing 4n alternative names for the body of a human being Syn|Hypo|Hyper anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma person a human body (usually including the clothing) juvenile bodythe body of a young person adult bodythe body of an adult human being male bodythe body of a male human being female bodythe body of a female human being child's bodythe body of a human child adult female body, woman's bodythe body of an adult woman adult male body, man's bodythe body of an adult man body, organic structure, physical structure the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) 5n a life-size dummy used to display clothes Syn|Hyper manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin dummy a figure representing the human form 6n a mold for setting concrete they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation Hyper cast, mold, mould container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens 7v make something, usually for a specific function Form cylinders from the dough Syn|Hypo|Hyper forge, mold, mould, shape, work process, work, work on shape, form, or improve a material carve form by carving swage, upsetform metals with a swage chipform by chipping layermake or form a layer cut outform and create by cutting out machineturn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery grindshape or form by grinding stampform or cut out with a mold, form, or die puddlesubject to puddling or form by puddling beatshape by beating preformform or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand preformform into a shape resembling the final, desired one moundform into a rounded elevation hillform into a hill roughcastshape roughly remold, reshapeshape again or shape differently sintercause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting cast, mold, mouldform by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold throwmake on a potter's wheel coil, hand-build, handbuildmake without a potter's wheel sculpt, sculpturecreate by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material model, mold, mouldform in clay, wax, etc hew, hew outmake or shape as with an axe gouge outmake gouges into a surface rabbetcut a rectangular groove into grave, sculpt, sculptureshape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it die, die outcut or shape with a die mound overform a mound over press, press outpress from a plastic recast, remold, remouldcast again sand castpour molten metal into a mold of sand forge, hammercreate by hammering fretcarve a pattern into create from raw material, create from raw stuff make from scratch 8v assume a form or shape 3the water formed little beads Hypo|Hyper constellate form a constellation or cluster culminaterise to, or form, a summit grain, granulateform into grains conglobate, conglobeassume a globular shape bunch, bunch up, bundle, clump, clustergather or cause to gather into a cluster brecciateform into breccia reticulatedivide so as to form a network flakeform into flakes headform a head or come or grow to a head beadform into beads, as of water or sweat, for example agglomerateform into one cluster change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 1n an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse the essay was in the form of a dialogue he first sketches the plot in outline form Hypo|Hyper versification the form or metrical composition of a poem poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern(prosody) a system of versification rhyme, rimecorrespondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) genre, literary genre, writing style a style of expressing yourself in writing 2n a printed document with spaces in which to write 4he filled out his tax form Hypo|Hyper application form a form to use when making an application claim forma form to use when filing a claim order forma form to use when placing an order questionnairea form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information requisition, requisition forman official form on which a request in made tax forma form to use when paying your taxes telegraph forma form to use when sending a telegram personality assessment, personality inventorya questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of a person's personality traits document, papers, written document writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) 1n (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups Syn|Hyper strain, var., variant taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group animal or plant group having natural relations 2n a body of students who are taught together 5Syn|Hypo|Hyper class, course, grade master class a class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert discussion section, sectiona small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place n the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something 6the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached Syn|Hypo|Hyper descriptor, signifier, word form plural, plural form the form of a word that is used to denote more than one singular, singular formthe form of a word that is used to denote a singleton ghost worda word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error base, radical, root, root word, stem, theme(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed etymon, roota simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes citation form, entry word, main entry wordthe form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary abbreviationa shortened form of a word or phrase acronyma word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name apocopeabbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds word a unit of language that native speakers can identify n an ability to perform well he was at the top of his form the team was off form last night Hyper ability the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment |
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