shape
形状,外形,造型,形态
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Definitions
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- : the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- : this quality as found in some individual object or body form: This lake has a peculiar shape.
- : something seen in outline, as in silhouette: A vague shape appeared through the mist.
- : an imaginary form; phantom.
- : an assumed appearance; guise: an angel in the shape of a woman.
- : a particular or definite organized form or expression: He could give no shape to his ideas.
- : proper form; orderly arrangement.
- : condition or state of repair: The old house was in bad shape. He was sick last year, but is in good shape now.
- : the collective conditions forming a way of life or mode of existence: What will the shape of the future be?
- : the figure, physique, or body of a person, especially of a woman: A dancer can keep her shape longer than those of us who have sedentary jobs.
- : something used to give form, as a mold or a pattern.
- : Also called section. Building Trades, Metalworking. a flanged metal beam or bar of uniform section, as a channel iron, I-beam, etc.
- : Nautical. a ball, cone, drum, etc., used as a day signal, singly or in combinations, to designate a vessel at anchor or engaged in some particular operation.
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shaped, shap·ing.
- : to give definite form, shape, organization, or character to; fashion or form.
- : to couch or express in words: to shape a statement.
- : to adjust; adapt: He shaped everything to suit his taste.
- : to direct.
- : to file the teeth of to uniform width after jointing.
- : Animal Behavior, Psychology. to teach to a human or other animal by successively rewarding the actions that more and more closely approximate that behavior.
- : Obsolete. to appoint; decree.
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shaped, shap·ing.
- : to come to a desired conclusion or take place in a specified way: If discussions shape properly, the companies will merge.
- 1
- : shape up, to assume a specific form: The plan is beginning to shape up.to evolve or develop, especially favorably.to improve one's behavior or performance to meet a required standard.to get oneself into good physical condition. to get into a line or formation in order to be assigned the day's work.
Phrases
- shape up
- bent out of shape
- in condition (shape)
- lick into shape
- take shape
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
A chrome-plated steel nib writes smoothly and holds its shape for years.
We quickly realized that indexing problems come in all possible shapes and sizes.
It is only connected to the collection of shapes and sounds that make up the word tree because we have all agreed that it is.
One of Howell’s own studies, she and her team reported online in August in mSphere, suggests that fungal species in particular shape the metabolites — and thus aroma and flavor — in wine from different growing regions in Australia.
I think it helped us connect, not to compare struggles, they’re all different, but to connect with a lot of different people who are in that struggle for belonging in some way, shape or form.
I mean, physically, mentally, you know, in every way, shape, and form.
“Under Suleimani several military branches have taken shape [in Iraq] which are run by Iran and the Iranian military,” he said.
“You were going to work your way into my marriage and you were going to call its new three-way shape holy” the narrator recounts.
If you drink from a flute, do so from a tulip-shape one to concentrate the notes, Simonetti-Bryan says.
The Babadook is the shape of grief: all-enveloping, shape-shifting, black, here intensely, terrifying, then gone.
They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.
Leaves of a lanceolate form are the largest, and the shape of those found on most varieties of the American plant.
Microscopically, they are yellow or reddish-brown crystals, which differ greatly in size and shape.
Here the Goat, who evidently was not yet quite started, inquired, "Must all the halves be of the same shape?"
He was Honour's self, till he brought the serpent to his bosom, in the shape of his perfidious son.