| 释义 |
in the shape of1Represented or embodied by: retribution arrived in the shape of my irate father...- The turning point arrived in the shape of a small, solid female a bit wider than she was tall.
- The parting with Victoria was painful, even though an irresistible competitor in the shape of Albert had arrived.
- But further reasons did come, in the shape of Pakistan's May-end testing of missiles.
1.1By way of; in the nature of: there had been little or nothing in the shape of academic planning...- It is the past in the shape of linguistically transmitted tradition which determines our pre-understanding.
See parent entry: shape |