英语词汇“shape-up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

shape-up

释义

shape /shāp/

transitive verb (pat shāped (obsolete shope /shōp/); pap shāped (archaic shāpˈen))

To form
To fashion
To mould into a particular shape or form
To give form to
To embody
To plan, devise
To direct
To determine
To purpose (obsolete)

intransitive verb

To take shape
To develop
To give promising signs
To conduce (Shakespeare)
To become fit

noun

Form
Figure
Disposition in space
Guise
Form or condition
That which has form or figure
An apparition
A pattern
A mould (cookery)
A jelly, pudding, etc, turned out of a mould

ORIGIN: OE scieppan, pat scōp, pap scapen, to create, form, with new present developed from the pap infl by the noun gesceap creation, form; cf ON skapa, Ger schaffen, schöpfen

shāpˈable or shapeˈable adjective

shaped adjective

Having a shape, or a definite, determinate, or adapted shape, often in combination, as in L-shaped

shapeˈless adjective

Of ill-defined or unsatisfactory shape
Without shape
Unattractively shaped
Purposeless (Shakespeare)

shapeˈlessly adverb

shapeˈlessness noun

shapeˈliness noun

shapeˈly adjective

Having an attractive, well-proportioned shape or figure

shapˈen adjective

Fashioned
Definitely shaped

shapˈer noun

Someone or something that shapes
(in management) a decisive, somewhat bullying leader who carries others along with his or her dynamism (informal)

shapˈing noun and adjective

shapeˈshifter noun

In folklore, a creature that is able to transform its appearance by supernatural means

shapeˈshifting noun and adjective

shapeˈ-up noun (N American)

Formerly, a method of hiring workers, esp dockers, for a single day's work by selecting the number of men needed from an assembly gathered for this purpose

in any shape or form

At all

in good shape or in shape

In good condition

in the shape of

In the guise of
Of the nature of

out of shape

Deformed, disfigured
In poor physical condition, unfit

shape one's course

To direct one's way

shape up

To assume a shape
To develop, to be promising

take shape

To assume a definite form or plan
To be embodied or worked out in practice

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