Shape

(noun.) the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; 'geometry is the mathematical science of shape'.

(noun.) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); 'he could barely make out their shapes'.

(noun.) a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; 'a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life'.

(verb.) give shape or form to; 'shape the dough'; 'form the young child's character'.

(verb.) make something, usually for a specific function; 'She molded the rice balls carefully'; 'Form cylinders from the dough'; 'shape a figure'; 'Work the metal into a sword'.

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• It seemed all at once to take the shape of an impertinence on her part; she read this meaning too in the man's eyes. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• But how if another claw in the shape of me is straining to thwart it? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Had the shape approached me I might have swooned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Well, I understand Lily is about to assume them in the shape of Mr. Rosedale, Mrs. Fisher said with a laugh. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The roots radiate a short distance below the surface of the ground and there is no stabilizer in the shape of a tap root such as in other woods. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The table stood in the same place, close by the bedside, and on it, in its real proportions and appearance, was the shape so often repeated. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I was left helpless, with the prospect of a coming incumbrance in the shape of a child. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The planing machine is organized in various shapes for different uses. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• And their long-departed owners seemed to throng the gloomy cells and corridors with their phantom shapes. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Death in all shapes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• As to sleep, I had dreams of poverty in all sorts of shapes, but I seemed to dream without the previous ceremony of going to sleep. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• We know what a masquerade all development is, and what effective shapes may be disguised in helpless embryos. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• No one sees more vividly than he the fact that in the interplay of the arts one industry shapes and helps another, and that no invention lives to itself alone. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The ragged nests, so long deserted by the rooks, were gone; and the trees were lopped and topped out of their remembered shapes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The most efficient form of water motor is the turbine, a strong metal wheel shaped somewhat like a pin wheel, inclosed in a heavy metal case. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Well, then, I spoke to her in my well-known merry way, and she said, 'O that what's shaped so venerable should talk like a fool! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Wonder was expressed over the blazing horseshoe that glowed within a pear-shaped globe. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Then the bowl became ovoid, or egg-shaped, and the end of the handle was rounded, without the notch. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• They are for the use of horses, but they are shaped below with a cloven foot of iron, so as to throw pursuers off the track. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• At last he got away, and shaped his course for Hatfield. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• As for sitting still, and learning from the past, or shaping out the future by faithful work done in a prophetic spirit--Why! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• No, only the trade of cutting gems and shaping mirrors. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The demand for continuous attention is greater, and more intelligence must be shown in selecting and shaping means. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• This punching of the cold metal without cutting, boring, drilling, hammering, or otherwise shaping the metal, was indeed a revelation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• My responsibility began and ended with shaping her instructions into the proper legal form. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The next slight touch in the shaping of Clym's destiny occurred a few days after. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• But Lizzie, with her lips only, shaping the two words, 'Her father,' he delayed no longer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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