formation

单词音标

formation音标[fɒ:\'meiʃәn]

汉语翻译

n. 形成, 构造, 编队

【医】 形成, 结构

词型变化

形容词:formational

英语解释

名词 formation:

an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

a particular spatial arrangement

the fabrication of something in a particular shape

同义词：shaping

the act of forming something

同义词：constitution, establishment, organization, organisation

(geology) the geological features of the earth

同义词：geological formation

natural process that causes something to form

creation by mental activity

例句

Located in or facing the path of an oncoming glacier. Used of a geologic formation.

冰川运动路线的位于或面对冰川运动路线的。用于地质构造

Her front teeth were irregular in formation.

她的门牙排列不整齐。

School life has a great influence on the formation of a child\'s character.

学校生活对小孩个性的形成有很大影响。

There are several kinds of cloud formations.

云层的构成方式有好几种。

详细解释

for.ma.tion

n.（名词）

The act or process of forming something or of taking form.

形式，组成：给予某种东西形状或使之获得形状的动作或过程

Something formed:

形成物：已形成的东西：

例句：

beautiful cloud formations.

美丽的云层

The manner or style in which something is formed; structure:

结构：事物形成的样式；结构：

例句：

the distinctive formation of the human eye.

人眼的独特结构

A specified arrangement or deployment, as of troops.

队形：*队等的特殊组合和排列

Geology The primary unit of lithostratigraphy, consisting of a succession of strata useful for mapping or description.

【地质学】 地层，岩组：岩石地层的基本单位，构成用于制图或描绘的一系列层次

【引伸】

forma.tional

adj.（形容词）