formation
英 [f??'me??(?)n]
美[f?r'me??n]
- n. 形成；構(gòu)造；編隊(duì)
英英釋意
- 1. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit;
- "a defensive formation"
- "a formation of planes"
- 2. a particular spatial arrangement
- 3. the fabrication of something in a particular shape
- 4. the act of forming something;
- "the constitution of a PTA group last year"
- "it was the establishment of his reputation"
- "he still remembers the organization of the club"
- 5. (geology) the geological features of the earth
- 6. natural process that causes something to form;
- "the formation of gas in the intestine"
- "the formation of crystals"
- "the formation of pseudopods"
- 7. creation by mental activity;
- "the formation of sentences"
- "the formation of memories"
