Shape
[ʃeɪp] or [ʃep]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; 'geometry is the mathematical science of shape'.
(noun.) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); 'he could barely make out their shapes'.
(noun.) a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; 'a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life'.
(verb.) give shape or form to; 'shape the dough'; 'form the young child's character'.
(verb.) make something, usually for a specific function; 'She molded the rice balls carefully'; 'Form cylinders from the dough'; 'shape a figure'; 'Work the metal into a sword'.
伊恩校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.
(n.) To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.
(n.) To image; to conceive; to body forth.
(n.) To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.
(v. i.) To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
(n.) Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.
(n.) That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.
(n.) A model; a pattern; a mold.
(n.) Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.
(n.) Dress for disguise; guise.
(n.) A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
(n.) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
錄入:昆西
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Form, frame, mould, figure, fashion, model.
n. Fork (with especial reference to what is visible), figure, configuration, mould, fashion, outline, appearance, cut, build, cast, TOURNURE, external appearance.
西里尔整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Figure, form, outline, mould, fashion, pattern, cast, model,[SeeAUDACIOUS_and_INDELICATE]
SYN:Form, mould, figure, adapt, delineate, adjust, contrive, create, execute, make
ANT:Pervert, distort, misadapt, misdelineate, derange, discompose, misconstrue,misproduce, caricature
塞德里克錄入
解釋/意思:
v.t. to form: to fashion: to adapt to a purpose: to regulate: to direct: to conceive.—v.i. (Shak.) to take shape to become fit:—pa.p. shāped (B.) shāp′en.—n. form or figure: external appearance: that which has form or figure: an appearance: particular nature: expression as in words: a pattern: (cook.) a dish of rice jelly or the like cast in a mould and turned out when it has grown firm.—adjs. Shā′pable Shape′able; Shaped having a varied ornamental form; Shape′less having no shape or regular form: (Shak.) effecting nothing.—ns. Shape′lessness; Shape′liness.—adj. Shape′ly having shape or regular form: symmetrical.—ns. Shā′per a metal planing machine the tool with reciprocating motion; Shā′ping representation imagination.—Take shape to assume a definite form or plan.
奥罗拉編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- It seemed all at once to take the shape of an impertinence on her part; she read this meaning too in the man's eyes. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- But how if another claw in the shape of me is straining to thwart it? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Had the shape approached me I might have swooned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Well, I understand Lily is about to assume them in the shape of Mr. Rosedale, Mrs. Fisher said with a laugh. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The roots radiate a short distance below the surface of the ground and there is no stabilizer in the shape of a tap root such as in other woods. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The table stood in the same place, close by the bedside, and on it, in its real proportions and appearance, was the shape so often repeated. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I was left helpless, with the prospect of a coming incumbrance in the shape of a child. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The planing machine is organized in various shapes for different uses. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- And their long-departed owners seemed to throng the gloomy cells and corridors with their phantom shapes. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Death in all shapes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- As to sleep, I had dreams of poverty in all sorts of shapes, but I seemed to dream without the previous ceremony of going to sleep. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- We know what a masquerade all development is, and what effective shapes may be disguised in helpless embryos. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- No one sees more vividly than he the fact that in the interplay of the arts one industry shapes and helps another, and that no invention lives to itself alone. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The ragged nests, so long deserted by the rooks, were gone; and the trees were lopped and topped out of their remembered shapes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The most efficient form of water motor is the turbine, a strong metal wheel shaped somewhat like a pin wheel, inclosed in a heavy metal case. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Well, then, I spoke to her in my well-known merry way, and she said, 'O that what's shaped so venerable should talk like a fool! 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Wonder was expressed over the blazing horseshoe that glowed within a pear-shaped globe. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Then the bowl became ovoid, or egg-shaped, and the end of the handle was rounded, without the notch. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- They are for the use of horses, but they are shaped below with a cloven foot of iron, so as to throw pursuers off the track. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- At last he got away, and shaped his course for Hatfield. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- As for sitting still, and learning from the past, or shaping out the future by faithful work done in a prophetic spirit--Why! 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- No, only the trade of cutting gems and shaping mirrors. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The demand for continuous attention is greater, and more intelligence must be shown in selecting and shaping means. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- This punching of the cold metal without cutting, boring, drilling, hammering, or otherwise shaping the metal, was indeed a revelation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- My responsibility began and ended with shaping her instructions into the proper legal form. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The next slight touch in the shaping of Clym's destiny occurred a few days after. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- But Lizzie, with her lips only, shaping the two words, 'Her father,' he delayed no longer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
校對:伦道夫