单词 | amorphous |
释义 | amorphous (əmɔːʳfəs ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Something that is amorphous has no clear shape or structure. [formal] A dark, strangely amorphous shadow filled the room. ...the amorphous mass of the crowd. Synonyms: shapeless, vague, irregular, nondescript Collocations: amorphous blob They're perfectly normal adult people, not weird or incomprehensible or an amorphous blob. Times,Sunday Times It may look like an amorphous blob, but every spoonful dances tangos on the tongue. Times,Sunday Times All chromosomes normally appear as an amorphous blob under the microscope and only take on a well-defined shape during mitosis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But they are at their best if you lift the skirts - they grow to expose silver-grey trunks, turning the shrubs from amorphous blobs into small multistemmed trees. Times, Sunday Times Pseudopodia do not all look like amorphous blobs; instead, they can be classified by their distinct appearances. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of these, diatomaceous earth in particular has seen a revival as a non-toxic (when in amorphous form) residual pesticide for bed bug abatement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Early research used an expensive additive called fumed silica, an amorphous form of silica made by combustion of silicon tetrachloride in a hydrogen-oxygen flame. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Heat causes such regions to become diffuse, so that the chains begin to separate into an amorphous form. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This irreversibly dissolves the starch granule, so the chains begin to separate into an amorphous form. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The tower's observation deck has an amorphous form, with several separate conical forms forming the glazed platforms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Your problem becomes a series of small tasks, rather than an overwhelming amorphous mass. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They are not a faceless, amorphous mass. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It is much more like the amorphous mass of the 1950s movie. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He distances himself from this view and clearly acknowledges both the failings of the financial model and the dangers of the present amorphous mass of fixtures. Times, Sunday Times (2012) |
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