formation

英 [fɔːˈmeɪʃn]

美 [fɔːrˈmeɪʃn]

n.  组成; 形成; 组成物; 形成物; 编队; 队形

复数：formations　

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牛津词典

noun

• 组成；形成
  the action of forming sth; the process of being formed
  1. the formation of a new government
     组成新政府
  2. evidence of recent star formation in the galaxy
     银河系新恒星形成的证据
• 组成物；形成物
  a thing that has been formed, especially in a particular place or in a particular way
  1. rock formations
     岩层
• 编队；队形
  a particular arrangement or pattern
  1. aircraft flying in formation
     编队飞行的飞机
  2. formation flying
     编队飞行
  3. The team usually plays in a 4-4-2 formation.
     这支球队比赛通常排出的是4–4–2阵形。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 创建;设立;创造
  Theformationofsomething is the starting or creation of it.
  1. ...the formation of a new government.
     新政府的组建
• N-UNCOUNT 形成;养成;建立
  Theformationofan idea, habit, relationship, or character is the process of developing and establishing it.
  1. My profession had an important influence in the formation of my character and temperament.
     我的职业对我性格和脾气的形成有重要的影响。
• N-COUNT 编队;列队
  If people or things areinformation, they are arranged in a particular pattern as they move.
  1. He was flying in formation with seven other jets...
     他和其他7架喷气机一起列队飞行。
  2. They saw a squadron of fifteen motorcycle policemen driving in V-formation...
     他们看见 15 名警察骑着摩托车排成 V 字形前行。
  3. The dancers step into a formation which represents the human being.
     舞蹈演员们排成一个人形队列。
• N-COUNT 形成物;组成物;(岩或云)层
  A rock or cloudformationis rock or cloud of a particular shape or structure.
  1. ...a vast rock formation shaped like a pillar...
     柱状的巨大岩层
  2. Enormous cloud formations formed a purple mass.
     巨大的云层形成紫色云团。

英英释义

noun

• the act of forming or establishing something
  1. the constitution of a PTA group last year
  2. it was the establishment of his reputation
  3. he still remembers the organization of the club
  Synonym:constitutionestablishmentorganizationorganisation
• the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
  Synonym:shaping
• creation by mental activity
  1. the formation of sentences
  2. the formation of memories
• a particular spatial arrangement
• an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
  1. a defensive formation
  2. a formation of planes
• (geology) the geological features of the earth
  Synonym:geological formation
• natural process that causes something to form
  1. the formation of gas in the intestine
  2. the formation of crystals
  3. the formation of pseudopods

双语例句

• Research progress and the limitation of non-equilibrium effect of rapid solidification and its formation mechanism are analysised.
  分析了快速凝固的非平衡效应及形成机制的研究进展，指出了现有理论的局限性。
• A third process by which salinity may be altered is associated with the formation and melting of sea ice.
  第三个可以变更盐度的过程与海洋中冰的形成和融化有关。
• This is triggering a second stage of new star formation.
  由此触发了第二阶段新恒星的形成。
• The troops lined up in parade formation.
  部队排成阅兵队形。
• The Prime Minister resigned today, clearing the way for the formation of a new government
  首相今天的辞职为新政府的组建扫清了道路。
• The aircraft are flying in formation.
  飞机编队飞行。
• Flower-bud formation may be affected adversely.
  反而影响花芽的形成。
• The rise and fall of geomantic culture has much to do with the formation and development of Hakka People.
  风水文化的兴盛与客家民系的形成和发展是息息相关的。
• The condition of willemite formation in the glaze melt and the range of glaze composition are determined.
  确定了釉中硅锌矿的形成条件和釉料组成范围。
• This is the formation of main language market.
  这是主要语言市场的形成。