Formation Rock Process Pattern Flying Cloud Shape Formed
“Formation” refers to the act of creating or establishing something, the process of development, a specific arrangement or pattern, or a physical structure like a rock or cloud formation. It can be used as both an uncountable and countable noun depending on the context.
“Formation” refers to the act of creating or establishing something, the process of development, a specific arrangement or pattern, or a physical structure like a rock or cloud formation. It can be used as both an uncountable and countable noun depending on the context.
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]创建;设立;创造Theformationof something is the starting or creation of it.
[with supp]
...the formation of a new government.
新政府的组建
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]形成;养成;建立Theformationof an idea, habit, relationship, or character is the process of developing and establishing it.
[with supp]
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]编队;列队 If people or things are information, they are arranged in a particular pattern as they move.
[also a N]
He was flying in formation with seven other jets...
他和其他7架喷气机一起列队飞行。
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。
The dancers step into a formation which represents the human being.
舞蹈演员们排成一个人形队列。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]形成物;组成物;(岩或云)层 A rock or cloud formation is rock or cloud of a particular shape or structure.
[n N]
...a vast rock formation shaped like a pillar...
柱状的巨大岩层
Enormous cloud formations formed a purple mass.
巨大的云层形成紫色云团。
Oxford
for·ma·tion/fɔːˈmeɪʃn; NAmEfɔːrˈmeɪʃn/noun1[uncountable ]the action of forming sth; the process of being formed 组成;形成◆the formation of a new government组成新政府◆evidence of recent star formation in the galaxy银河系新恒星形成的证据2[countable ]a thing that has been formed, especially in a particular place or in a particular way 组成物;形成物◆rock formations岩层3[uncountable , countable ]a particular arrangement or pattern 编队;队形◆aircraft flying in formation编队飞行的飞机◆formation flying编队飞行◆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。formationformationsfor·ma·tion/fɔːˈmeɪʃn; NAmEfɔːrˈmeɪʃn/
1[uncountable] the process of starting a new organization or groupSYN creationformation of the formation of a new government2[uncountable] the process by which something develops into a particular thing or shapeformation of the substances which lead to the formation of ozone We now know a lot more about the early stages of planetary formation.3[countable] the way in which a group of things are arranged to form a pattern or shape: troop formations4in formation if a group of planes, ships, soldiers etc are moving in formation, they are flying, marching etc in a particular order or pattern: a squadron of aircraft, flying in formation5[countable, uncountable] rock or cloud that is formed in a particular shape, or the shape in which it is formedrock/cloud formation the canyon’s impressive rock formations6[countable, uncountable] technical society, politics etc seen as a system of practices and beliefssocial/political/cultural etc formation Marx founded a new science: the science of the history of social formations.
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形成(85%),编队(7%),队形(6%),构造(2%)
n.形成;构造;编队
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