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Latin Port Covered French 3065.Formation 英 Fɔː'Meɪʃ(ə)N]美 Fɔr'meʃən

正面 3065.formation
英 [fɔː'meɪʃ(ə)n]美 [fɔr'meʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 形成;构造;编队
例句:
1. 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。

1. port => Latin porta "gate, entrance, door" => Latin porticus "covered gallery, covered walk between columns, porch" => Old French porche "porch" => porch.2. port => porch "covered entrance".

formation (n.)late 14c., "vital force in plants and animals;" early 15c., "act of creating or making," from Old French formacion "formation, fashioning, creation" (12c.) or directly from Latin formationem (nominative formatio) "a forming, shaping," noun of action or condition from past participle stem of formare "to form," from forma (see form (n.)). Meaning that which is formed or created" is from 1640s. In geology, "group of rocks having a similar origin or character," 1815. Related: Formational."

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