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formable

/fawrm/US // fɔrm //UK // (fɔːm) //

可成形的,可形成的,可成型的,可塑的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
    • : the shape of a thing or person.
    • : a body, especially that of a human being.
    • : a dummy having the same measurements as a human body, used for fitting or displaying clothing: a dressmaker's form.
    • : something that gives or determines shape; a mold.
    • : a particular condition, character, or mode in which something appears: water in the form of ice.
    • : the manner or style of arranging and coordinating parts for a pleasing or effective result, as in literary or musical composition: a unique form for the novel.
    • : Fine Arts. the organization, placement, or relationship of basic elements, as lines and colors in a painting or volumes and voids in a sculpture, so as to produce a coherent image; the formal structure of a work of art.three-dimensional quality or volume, as of a represented object or anatomical part.an object, person, or part of the human body or the appearance of any of these, especially as seen in nature: His work is characterized by the radical distortion of the human form.
    • : any assemblage of things of a similar kind constituting a component of a group, especially of a zoological group.
    • : Crystallography. the combination of all the like faces possible on a crystal of given symmetry.
    • : due or proper shape; orderly arrangement of parts; good order.
    • : Philosophy. the structure, pattern, organization, or essential nature of anything.structure or pattern as distinguished from matter.Platonism.idea. Aristotelianism.that which places a thing in its particular species or kind.
    • : Logic. the abstract relations of terms in a proposition, and of propositions to one another.
    • : a set, prescribed, or customary order or method of doing something.
    • : a set order of words, as for use in religious ritual or in a legal document: a form for initiating new members.
    • : a document with blank spaces to be filled in with particulars before it is executed: a tax form.
    • : a typical document to be used as a guide in framing others for like cases: a form for a deed.
    • : a conventional method of procedure or behavior: society's forms.
    • : a formality or ceremony, often with implication of absence of real meaning: to go through the outward forms of a religious wedding.
    • : procedure according to a set order or method.
    • : conformity to the usages of society;formality; ceremony: the elaborate forms prevalent in the courts of renaissance kings.
    • : procedure or conduct, as judged by social standards: Such behavior is very bad form.Good form demands that we go.
    • : manner or method of performing something; technique: The violin soloist displayed tremendous form.
    • : physical condition or fitness, as for performing: a tennis player in peak form.
    • : Grammar. a word, part of a word, or group of words forming a construction that recurs in various contexts in a language with relatively constant meaning.Compare linguistic form. a particular shape of such a form that occurs in more than one shape. In I'm, 'm is a form of am.a word with a particular inflectional ending or other modification. Goes is a form of go.
    • : Linguistics. the shape or pattern of a word or other construction.
    • : Building Trades. temporary boarding or sheeting of plywood or metal for giving a desired shape to poured concrete, rammed earth, etc.
    • : a grade or class of pupils in a British secondary school or in certain U.S. private schools: boys in the fourth form.
    • : British. a bench or long seat.
    • : British Informal. a criminal record: She didn't want to believe that her own mother had form.
    • : Also British, forme. Printing. an assemblage of types, leads, etc., secured in a chase to print from.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to construct or frame.
    • : to make or produce.
    • : to serve to make up; serve as; compose; constitute: The remaining members will form the program committee.
    • : to place in order; arrange; organize.
    • : to frame in the mind.
    • : to contract or develop.
    • : to give form or shape to; shape; fashion.
    • : to give a particular form or shape to; fashion in a particular manner: Form the dough into squares.
    • : to mold or develop by discipline or instructions: The sergeant's job was to form boys into men.
    • : Grammar. to make by some grammatical change: The suffix “-ly” forms adverbs from adjectives.to have represented in a particular shape: English forms plurals in “-s”.
    • : Military. to draw up in lines or in formation.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to take or assume form.
    • : to be formed or produced: Ice began to form on the window.
    • : to take a particular form or arrangement: The ice formed in patches across the window.

Phrases

  • form an opinion
  • run to form
  • true to form

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inflexible
Antonyms

Examples

  • Her psychedelic practice sessions offered their own form of immersive and responsive feedback.

  • Microbes convert this mercury into a particularly toxic form called methylmercury that builds up in fish and can harm the nervous, immune, and digestive systems of people and wildlife that eat the contaminated seafood.

  • The underrated McAuley is in top form in this hard science fiction novel with heart.

  • These women were able to use their sexuality and their physical form artistically to allow themselves to be seen and heard.

  • Thankfully, there was absolution to be found — in the form of chicken wings.

  • God bless me from suffering you to love me, if you be not so formable.