shapes

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n.  形状; 外形; 样子; 呈…形状的事物; 模糊的影子; 状况; 情况
v.  使成为…形状(或样子); 塑造; 决定…的形成; 影响…的发展; 准备(做某动作); 摆好姿势
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柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 形状;外形;轮廓;样子
    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.
    1. 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。
    2. ...little pens in the shape of baseball bats...
      棒球棒形状的小钢笔
    3. The glass bottle is the shape of a woman's torso.
      玻璃杯呈女子身体的形状。
    4. ...sofas and chairs of contrasting shapes and colours...
      形状和颜色迥异的沙发和椅子
    5. The buds are conical or pyramidal in shape...
      花蕾呈圆锥形或金字塔形。
    6. These bras should be handwashed to help them keep their shape...
      这些胸罩要手洗以保持不变形。
    7. Walking is extremely beneficial to your body shape.
      散步对于塑形非常有好处。
  2. N-COUNT 模糊的影子;蒙的轮廓
    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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  3. N-COUNT 形状;图形
    A shape is a space enclosed by an outline, for example a circle, a square, or a triangle.
    1. ...if you imagine a sort of a kidney shape...
      如果你想象出一种类似肾脏的形状
    2. 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。
  4. N-SING (计划或组织的)框架，结构，特点，形式
    The shape of something that is planned or organized is its structure and character.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  5. VERB 决定…的形成;影响…的发展
    Someone or something that shapes a situation or an activity has a very great influence on the way it develops.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  6. VERB 使成为…形状;塑造
    If you shape an object, you give it a particular shape, using your hands or a tool.
    1. 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。
    2. ...machinery for shaping the plutonium core of nuclear weapons.
      制造核武器钚核心的机器
  7. See also: shaped
  8. PHRASE 开端;先河;未来发展模式
    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.
    1. 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。
  9. PHRASE 以任何形式;无论如何
    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.
    1. I don't condone violence in any shape or form...
      我不能容忍任何形式的暴力。
    2. 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。
  10. PHRASE (身体)状况良好/状况不佳;(事物)情况良好/情况糟糕
    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.
    1. ...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
    2. He was still in better shape than many young men...
      他仍然比很多年轻人都要健康。
    3. The trees were in bad shape from dry rot.
      树木得了干腐病，状况堪忧。
  11. PHRASE (精确说明所指)以…的形式,也就是
    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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  12. PHRASE 把…训练好;使…符合要求
    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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  13. PHRASE (因受损、处理不当等)变形的，走样的
    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.
    1. 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。
  14. 身体不好的;不健康的
    If you are out of shape, you are unhealthy and unable to do a lot of physical activity without getting tired.
    1. PHRASE (人、事物)形形色色，各种各样
      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.
      1. Colleges and universities come in all shapes and sizes.
        学院和大学林林总总，一应俱全。
    2. PHRASE 逐渐成形;初具雏形
      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.
      1. 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。
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    双语例句

    1. There is also an artful contrast of shapes
      形状的对比也很巧妙。
    2. Retailers were hit with a blizzard of new products and brands in all shapes, sizes and colours.
      各种形色不一、大小各异的新产品和新品牌铺天盖地，让零售商们疲于应付。
    3. The caste system shapes nearly every facet of Indian life.
      种姓制度几乎影响着印度生活的方方面面。
    4. The badges come in twenty different colours and shapes.
      这种徽章有20种不同的颜色和形状。
    5. Bikes come in all shapes and sizes
      各种外形和尺寸的自行车都有。
    6. It was getting light and shapes were more distinguishable.
      天亮起来了，万物变得更清晰了。
    7. A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms
      画家可能会对线条和形状进行夸大或扭曲。
    8. He starts a painting by quickly drawing simplified shapes.
      他画图时先快速勾勒出大致的轮廓。
    9. Lumpen shapes began to appear out of the shadows.
      阴影里闪出几个大大的黑影。
    10. 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。
    11. 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。
    12. Colleges and universities come in all shapes and sizes.
      学院和大学林林总总，一应俱全。
    13. The Women's Gym is a women-only space dedicated to women of all ages, shapes and sizes.
      女子健身馆对各种年龄层次、体型和个头的女性开放。
    14. I have always liked understated clothes — simple shapes which take a lot of hard work to get right.
      我一直喜欢不太惹眼的衣服——简单的款式需要下大工夫才能弄得恰到好处。
    15. I saw other indistinct shapes that stayed out of vision.
      我看见另有一些模糊的影子晃了一下就不见了。
    16. The artisan can cut stones into various shapes.
      这工匠能把石头雕成各种形状。
    17. I made out two dim shapes in the dark.
      黑暗中我隐约辨出两个模糊的影子。
    18. The shapes of neuronal cell bodies are spherical, ovoid, pyramidal, fusiform, stellate or crescentic.
      神经元细胞体的形状有圆形，卵圆形，锥形，梭形，星形或半月形。
    19. They bent the bars into required shapes.
      他们把铁条弯成所需要的形状。
    20. By the seashore are rocks of irregular sizes and shapes.
      海边礁石参错。
    21. As design studies progressed it was found that several airfoil shapes could be used to satisfy the new performance criteria.
      当进行设计的研究工作后，发现有几种翼型可以用来满足新的性能指标。
    22. Coins maybe have different sizes, weights, shapes and different metals.
      硬币可能有不同的尺寸，重量，形状和不同的金属。
    23. Most drawing tools have a large library of shapes and graphic icons that you can use in the picture.
      大部分绘图工具都提供了大型形状和图形图标库，供在图片中使用。
    24. Small groups come in many different shapes and sizes.
      小规模团体与许多不同的形式和大小。
    25. Other shapes and forms that you could perceive, you do not.
      你们可以感知其他的形状和形式，但你们并没有感知到。
    26. S: We have four shapes that are round, oval, square and rectangle.
      我们有四种形状，包括圆形、椭圆形、正方形和长方形。
    27. I have laid out a basic structure and some shapes.
      我画好了基本的结构和外形。
    28. They come in all shapes, colors and sizes.
      它们有不同的形状，颜色和体积。
    29. Uncontested in the air, pterosaurs colonized all continents and evolved a vast array of shapes and sizes.
      无争议的在空气中，翼龙殖民地人民的所有大陆和形成了大量的形状和大小。
    30. One who cuts and shapes precious stones.
      一个切割和塑造宝石的人。
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