formations

英 [fɔːˈmeɪʃənz]

美 [fɔrˈmeɪʃənz]

n.  组成; 形成; 组成物; 形成物; 编队; 队形
formation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 创建;设立;创造
  Theformationofsomething is the starting or creation of it.
  1. ...the formation of a new government.
     新政府的组建
• N-UNCOUNT 形成;养成;建立
  Theformationofan idea, habit, relationship, or character is the process of developing and establishing it.
  1. My profession had an important influence in the formation of my character and temperament.
     我的职业对我性格和脾气的形成有重要的影响。
• N-COUNT 编队;列队
  If people or things areinformation, they are arranged in a particular pattern as they move.
  1. He was flying in formation with seven other jets...
     他和其他7架喷气机一起列队飞行。
  2. They saw a squadron of fifteen motorcycle policemen driving in V-formation...
     他们看见 15 名警察骑着摩托车排成 V 字形前行。
  3. The dancers step into a formation which represents the human being.
     舞蹈演员们排成一个人形队列。
• N-COUNT 形成物;组成物;(岩或云)层
  A rock or cloudformationis rock or cloud of a particular shape or structure.
  1. ...a vast rock formation shaped like a pillar...
     柱状的巨大岩层
  2. Enormous cloud formations formed a purple mass.
     巨大的云层形成紫色云团。

双语例句

• Perhaps we even think that maybe supernova explosions trigger formations of planets and stars.
  我们甚至认为，或许是超新星爆炸，触发了行星和恒星的形成。
• It is blessed with strange rock formations, verdant trees, clear streams lakes and mighty peaks.
  这是得天独厚的奇怪岩层，到处树木葱茏，明确溪流湖泊和强大的高峰。
• Most diamonds are mined from rock formations inside the earth.
  〔大多数钻石都是从地下的岩层里开采出来的。
• He was fascinated with all the small openings in the walls and rock formations.
  他着迷所有的墙壁和岩层小开口。
• This movement has created unusual and beautiful rock formations.
  这些地底运动创造出了怪异却美观的岩石结构。
• Similar geological formations worldwide might mean that potential hydrocarbon reserves have been underestimated.
  世界各地类似的地质岩层结构可能意味着，人们可能低估了潜在的碳氢化合物资源储备。
• It is a landscape of the imagination but imagination based on years of study of rock formations.
  这片风景出自想像，而想像又源于多年对岩石构成的研究。
• New word formations have not regularity.
  新词的构成没有规律。
• Scientists need to figure out which kinds of rock and soil formations are best at holding carbon dioxide.
  科学家们需要在指出哪一种岩石和土壤的构成是最适合保存二氧化碳。
• The weather was going to change, and you could see the cloud formations move.
  要变天了，你可以看到云的结构发生变化。