shape
n. 形状,图形; 模糊的影子; 状况; 特点
v. 塑造; 决定…的形成; 准备(做某动作)
The shape of an object, a person, or an area is the appearance of their outside edges or surfaces, for example whether they are round, square, curved, or fat.
Each mirror is made to order and can be designed to almost any shape or size.
每面镜子都是定制的,几乎可以设计成任何形状和尺寸。
...little pens in the shape of baseball bats...
棒球棒形状的小钢笔
You can refer to something that you can see as a shape if you cannot see it clearly, or if its outline is the clearest or most striking aspect of it.
The great grey shape of a tank rolled out of the village...
一个坦克的巨大灰影从村子里开了出来。
Lying in bed we often see dark shapes of herons silhouetted against the moon.
躺在床上,我们常看到月光映衬下鹭的黑色身影。
A shape is a space enclosed by an outline, for example a circle, a square, or a triangle.
...if you imagine a sort of a kidney shape...
如果你想象出一种类似肾脏的形状
He suggested that the shapes represented a map of Britain and Ireland.
他暗示这些图形象征了英国和爱尔兰的地图。
The shape of something that is planned or organized is its structure and character.
The last two weeks have seen a lot of talk about the future shape of Europe...
在过去的两周里有很多关于欧洲未来格局的讨论。
Ultimately, we can change the shape of people's lives.
最终,我们可以改变人们的生活状况。
Someone or something that shapes a situation or an activity has a very great influence on the way it develops.
Christian Democratic leaders are meeting to discuss their role in shaping the future of Europe...
基督教民主党的领袖们正在会晤讨论他们在影响欧洲未来格局的过程中将要扮演的角色。
Like it or not, our families shape our lives and make us what we are.
无论喜欢与否,家庭影响了我们的生活,决定了我们成为什么样的人。
If you shape an object, you give it a particular shape, using your hands or a tool.
Cut the dough in half and shape each half into a loaf.
将生面团一切为二,再分别揉成长条形。
...machinery for shaping the plutonium core of nuclear weapons.
制造核武器钚核心的机器
If you say that something is the shape of things to come, you mean that it is the start of a new trend or development, and in future things will be like this.
British Rail says its new Liverpool Street station is the shape of things to come.
英国铁路公司声称最新的利物浦街道车站是未来的发展方向。
If you say, for example, that you will not accept something in any shape or form, or in any way, shape or form, you are emphasizing that you will not accept it in any circumstances.
I don't condone violence in any shape or form...
我不能容忍任何形式的暴力。
There is absolutely no reason for consumers to be panicking in any way, shape or form.
顾客们绝对没有理由产生任何形式的恐慌。
If someone or something is in shape, or in good shape, they are in a good state of health or in a good condition. If they are in bad shape, they are in a bad state of health or in a bad condition.
...the Fatburner Diet Book, a comprehensive guide to getting in shape...
《燃脂塑型饮食指南》,保持身体健康的综合性指南
He was still in better shape than many young men...
他仍然比很多年轻人都要健康。
You can use in the shape of to state exactly who or what you are referring to, immediately after referring to them in a general way.
The Prime Minister found a surprise ally today in the shape of Jacques Delors, the Commission President...
首相今天发现了一个令他意外的盟友,即欧洲委员会主席雅克·德洛尔。
What industry needed now was a little hope in the shape of an interest-rate cut.
工业目前只希望可以削减利率。
If you lick ,knock, or whip someone or something into shape, you use whatever methods are necessary to change or improve them so that they are in the condition that you want them to be in.
You'll have four months in which to lick the recruits into shape...
你将有4个月的时间把这些新兵训练出来。
Few people doubt his ability to whip the economy into shape.
几乎无人怀疑他整顿经济的能力。
If something is out of shape, it is no longer in its proper or original shape, for example because it has been damaged or wrongly handled.
Once most wires are bent out of shape, they don't return to the original position.
大多数金属丝一旦弯曲变形就无法恢复原状。
If you are out of shape, you are unhealthy and unable to do a lot of physical activity without getting tired.
If you say that things or people of a certain type come in all shapes and sizes, you mean that there are a large number of them, and that they are often very different from each other.
Colleges and universities come in all shapes and sizes.
学院和大学林林总总,一应俱全。
When something takes shape, it develops or starts to appear in such a way that it becomes fairly clear what its final form will be.
In 1912 women's events were added, and the modern Olympic programme began to take shape.
1912 年增加了女子比赛项目,现代奥林匹克运动会开始初具雏形。
1. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);
2. the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance;
3. alternative names for the body of a human being;
4. a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept;
5. the visual appearance of something or someone;
6. the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
7. a perceptual structure;
1. shape or influence; give direction to;
2. make something, usually for a specific function;
3. give a shape or form to;
form, figure, shape, outline
这些名词均有"形式"或"外形"之意。
mould, forge, form, shape
这些动词均有"使成形"之意。
get into shape (或get someone into shape)
(通过锻炼)使身体健康
in any (way,) shape or form
以任何形式;在各种情况之下(用于强调)
in (good) shape
健康状况良好
in the shape of
以…形式表现(或体现)
lick (或 knock 或 whip) someone/thing into shape
(用强力)把…训练好;把…整顿好;使像样
out of shape
(尤指物体弯曲或撞击后)变形;变样
身体不好;不舒服
the shape of things to come
未来发展趋势
shape up or ship out
(非正式,主北美)表现好一点,否则滚蛋
take shape
成形;形成
shape up
【非正式用语】 证实;发展
调整:改进以合乎标准
The leaf is oval in shape.
叶呈椭圆形.
He has some difficulty in giving shape to his ideas.
他很难清晰地表达他的意见.
In shape, it was like a bell.
其形如钟.
You can differentiate between the houses by the shape of their chimneys.
你可以凭借烟囱形状的不同来区分这两幢房子.
She has a pleasing shape.
她的身段很俊俏.