form

詳細解釋：

form

n.（名詞）

The shape and structure of an object.
形狀：物體的樣子和構造
The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal considered separately from the face or head; figure.
形體，身材：動物或人除臉或頭外的身體或外貌；身材

The essence of something.
本質：某物的本質
The mode in which a thing exists, acts, or manifests itself; kind:
形式，種類：某物存在、運作、顯現的方式；種類：
例句：
a form of animal life; a form of blackmail.
動物的生活方式；恐嚇的方式

Procedure as determined or governed by regulation or custom.
步驟：由規則或習俗確定或支配的程式
A fixed order of words or procedures, as for use in a ceremony; a formula.
儀式：一種固定的次序或程式，用於儀式等；規則
A document with blanks for the insertion of details or information:
表格：留有空格供填寫具體情況或信息的文書：
例句：
insurance forms.
保險表格

Manners or conduct as governed by etiquette, decorum, or custom.
舉止：由禮節、禮儀或習俗支配的舉止或行為
Behavior according to a fixed or accepted standard:
行為：合乎固定或認可標準的行為：
例句：
Tardiness is considered bad form.
拖拉被認為是一種不良行為

Performance considered with regard to acknowledged criteria:
表現：以公認技術為評判標準的表現：
例句：
a good jump shooter having an unusual form.
表現與眾不同的優秀跳投者

Proven ability to perform:
水平，狀態：已知的表現能力：
例句：
a musician at the top of her form.
水平處於頂峰的音樂家

Fitness, as of an athlete or animal, with regard to health or training.
狀態：與健康或訓練有關的運動員或動物的競技狀態
The past performance of a racehorse.
賽馬過去的表現
A racing form.
賽馬成績記錄表

Method of arrangement or manner of coordinating elements in literary or musical composition or in organized discourse:
形式：有規則地將文字、樂章或推理要素排列起來的方式：
例句：
presented my ideas in outline form; a treatise in the form of a dialogue.
用提綱的形式表現我的想法；對話形式的論文

A particular type or example of such arrangement:
體裁：這種排列的特定類型或實例：
例句：
The essay is a literary form.
散文是一種文字型裁

The design, structure, or pattern of a work of art:
結構：一件藝術的設計、結構或模式：
例句：
symphonic form.
交響曲

A mold for the setting of concrete.
模板：澆注混凝土的模板
A model of the human figure or part of it used for displaying clothes.
人體模型：人體或部分人體支架模型，用於展示服裝
A proportioned model that may be adjusted for fitting clothes.
可調整大小比例的模型：與人體相稱的，常可調整的模型，以適用各種服裝
A grade in a British secondary school or in some American private schools:
年級：指英國中學或美國一些私立學校中的年級：
例句：
the sixth form.
六年級

A linguistic form.
語型：一種語言學形式
The external aspect of words with regard to their inflections, pronunciation, or spelling:
字的形式變化：因詞形、發音或拼寫變化的一個詞的不同形體之一：
例句：
verb forms.
動詞詞形

Chiefly British A long seat; a bench.
【多用於英國】 長椅子；長板凳
The resting place of a hare.
野兔的棲息地點
Botany A subdivision of a variety usually differing in one trivial characteristic, such as flower color.
【植物學】 分類：通常有細微特性區別的種屬的再分，如花色的再分
v.（動詞）
formed,form.ing,forms
v.tr.（及物動詞）

To give form to; shape:
做成；成形：
例句：
form clay into figures.
將泥土捏成泥像

To develop in the mind; conceive:
想出：在腦海中形成；想像：
例句：
form an opinion.
形成想法

To shape or mold (dough, for example) into a particular form.
塑造：將（麵團等）塑造或澆鑄成一特殊形狀
To arrange oneself in:
成形：讓自己形成：
例句：
Holding out his arms, the cheerleader formed a T. The acrobats formed a pyramid.
啦啦隊長伸出手臂做成T形；雜技演員們形成一座金字塔

To organize or arrange:
組織或安排：
例句：
The environmentalists formed their own party.
環境保護主義者組成了自己的團體

To fashion, train, or develop by instruction or precept:
造成，形成：通過指導或訓導形成、訓練或發展：
例句：
form a child`s mind.
造就孩子的想法

To come to have; develop or acquire:
養成：養成；發展或獲得：
例句：
form a habit.
養成習慣

To constitute or compose a usually basic element, part, or characteristic of.
構成：組成或作為…通常的基本要素、成分或特性

To produce (a tense, for example) by assuming an inflection:
形成：通過採用曲折變化構成（如時態）：
例句：
form the pluperfect.
構成過去完成時

To make (a word) by derivation or composition.
衍生：用派生法或複合法構（詞）
To put in order; arrange.
排列；整理
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To become formed or shaped.
形成或成型
To come into being by taking form; arise.
出現：以顯現某種形式的方式產生；出現
To assume a specified form, shape, or pattern.
具有特殊的形態：排成一定形式、形狀或模式

來源：
Middle English forme
中古英文 forme
from Latin fôrma
源自 拉丁語 fôrma

【引伸】
form.abil.ity
n.（名詞）
form.able
adj.（形容詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>form,figure,shape,configuration,contour,profileThese nouns refer to the external outline of a thing.
這些名詞指的是一個物體的外部曲線。
Form is the outline and structure of a thing as opposed to its substance:
Form 是相對於一個物體本質而言的某物的外形和構造：
例句：
stalactites of curious forms;
形狀奇異的鐘乳石；

例句：
a garden in the form of a lovers` knot.
同心結狀的花園。

Figure refers usually to form as established by bounding or enclosing lines:
Figure 常指按照限定或圍起的線條成形：
例句：
The cube is a solid geometric figure.
立方體是一個牢固的幾何圖形。

例句：
.Europe is disclosed as a prone and emaciated figure, the Alps shaping like a backbone, and the branching mountain chains like ribs, the peninsular plateau of Spain forming a head. (Thomas Hardy).
.歐洲象一個前傾而憔悴的人，阿爾卑斯山脈象他的脊椎，支脈象肋骨，西班牙的半島高原則形成頭. （托馬斯·哈代）。

Shape implies three-dimensional definition that indicates both outline and bulk or mass:
Shape 含有立體的概念，指輪廓和體積：
例句：
.Rowing [at night] , he faced her, a hooded and cloaked shape. (Joseph Conrad).
.划船時 ，他面對著她，一個戴頭巾，斗篷的模樣. （約瑟夫·康拉德）。

Configuration stresses the pattern formed by the arrangement of parts within an outline:
Configuration 強調在輪廓內將幾部分排列起形成的模型：
例句：
The map shows the configuration of the North American continent, with its mountains, rivers, and plains.
地圖描繪出北美大陸的地形以及它的山脈、河流和平原。

Contour refers especially to the outline of a three-dimensional figure:
Contour 尤指一個立體物的輪廓：
例句：
I ran my finger along the soft, curving contour of the child`s cheek.
我撫摸著孩子柔和、輪廓深刻的面頰。

Profile denotes the outline of something viewed against a backgroundand especially the outline of the human face in side view:
Profile 指在某背景之下顯現出的輪廓，尤指人的側面像：
例句：
We glimpsed the profile of the church steeple against the last glow of the sunset.
我們瞥見在最後的晚霞的襯托下的教堂尖頂。

例句：
The profile of the old warrior was characterized by a strong jaw and an aquiline nose.
老戰士側面像的特徵是一個堅硬的下巴和一個鷹鉤鼻。