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Shape

释义 Definition

shape(n./v.)常指“形状;外形;轮廓”,也可作动词表示“塑造;使成形;影响……的发展”。(另有较口语的含义如“状态/情况”,此处以常见义为主。)

发音 Pronunciation

/ʃeɪp/

例句 Examples

The box is a strange shape.
这个盒子的形状很奇怪。

Years of training helped shape her into a confident leader.
多年的训练把她塑造成一位自信的领导者。

词源 Etymology

shape 来自古英语 sceap / gesceap,与“形成、创造、安排”有关,早期含义不仅指外形,也可指“命运、安排”。后来逐渐固定为“形状/外形”,并发展出动词义“塑造、使成形”。

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文学作品 Literary Works

  • William ShakespeareSonnet 20 中有 “A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted / Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion; … / And for a woman wert thou first created; / Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting, / And by addition me of thee defeated, / By adding one thing to my purpose nothing. / But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure, / Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.”(其中出现 “shape” 相关用法/语境,常见为指“外形、身姿”的表达)
  • Herman MelvilleMoby-Dick 中多处使用 shape 描写“形体/轮廓”,用于营造海上景象与未知之物的“轮廓感”(如对鲸与海雾中事物的形状描写)
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