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单词 shapeliest
释义

shape /shāp/

transitive verb (pat shāped (obsolete shope /shōp/); pap shāped (archaic shāpˈen))
  1. To form
  2. To fashion
  3. To mould into a particular shape or form
  4. To give form to
  5. To embody
  6. To plan, devise
  7. To direct
  8. To determine
  9. To purpose (obsolete)
intransitive verb
  1. To take shape
  2. To develop
  3. To give promising signs
  4. To conduce (Shakespeare)
  5. To become fit
noun
  1. Form
  2. Figure
  3. Disposition in space
  4. Guise
  5. Form or condition
  6. That which has form or figure
  7. An apparition
  8. A pattern
  9. A mould (cookery)
  10. A jelly, pudding, etc, turned out of a mould
ORIGIN: OE scieppan, pat scōp, pap scapen, to create, form, with new present developed from the pap infl by the noun gesceap creation, form; cf ON skapa, Ger schaffen, schöpfen

shāpˈable or shapeˈable adjective

shaped adjective

Having a shape, or a definite, determinate, or adapted shape, often in combination, as in L-shaped

shapeˈless adjective

  1. Of ill-defined or unsatisfactory shape
  2. Without shape
  3. Unattractively shaped
  4. Purposeless (Shakespeare)

shapeˈlessly adverb

shapeˈlessness noun

shapeˈliness noun

shapeˈly adjective

Having an attractive, well-proportioned shape or figure

shapˈen adjective

  1. Fashioned
  2. Definitely shaped

shapˈer noun

  1. Someone or something that shapes
  2. (in management) a decisive, somewhat bullying leader who carries others along with his or her dynamism (informal)

shapˈing noun and adjective

shapeˈshifter noun

In folklore, a creature that is able to transform its appearance by supernatural means

shapeˈshifting noun and adjective

shapeˈ-up noun (N American)

Formerly, a method of hiring workers, esp dockers, for a single day's work by selecting the number of men needed from an assembly gathered for this purpose

in any shape or form

At all

in good shape or in shape

In good condition

in the shape of

  1. In the guise of
  2. Of the nature of

out of shape

  1. Deformed, disfigured
  2. In poor physical condition, unfit

shape one's course

To direct one's way

shape up

  1. To assume a shape
  2. To develop, to be promising

take shape

  1. To assume a definite form or plan
  2. To be embodied or worked out in practice

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