| 单词 | to put into shape |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put into shape 11. Definite, regular or proper form; orderly arrangement. to take shape; to put into shape. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] > resulting from arrangement order1578 shape1633 configuration1646 conformation1646 the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > orderly condition or arrangement ordinancec1390 pointa1393 direction1407 order?a1425 framec1475 orderliness1571 form1600 decorum1610 shape1633 disposurea1637 1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice iii. sig. G2v I am so busie with his friuolous proiect, and can bring it to no shape, that it almost confounds my capacity. 1756 Earl of Holdernesse in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 390 Things begin to take a shape. a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas iv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 30 Since in that cave a dewy splendour hidden, Took shape and motion. 1884 R. W. Church Bacon ix. 220 He was quite as much a talker as a writer, and beat out his thoughts into shape in talking. 1893 Law Times 95 26/1 It is high time that this branch of the law should be thrown into statutory shape. 1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 1/2 The great grey hulk of Germany's pocket-battleship..began to take shape. 1982 New Scientist 2 Sept. 609/1 The idea that nuclear armaments could be used..had taken firm shape in the minds of the technical people. < as lemmas |
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