n. 形式，形状；形态，外形；方式；表格
vt. 构成，组成；排列，组织；产生，塑造
vi. 形成，构成；排列
n. (Form)人名；(英)福姆；(法、德)福尔姆
英 [fɔːm] 美 [fɔrm]
权威例句
- Generosity is its own form of power.
别低估了慷慨的力量。
来自美剧《纸牌屋》 - Return the enclosed Donation Form today in the prepaid envelope provided.
请于今日将随函附上的捐款表格用所提供的邮资预付的信封寄回。
来自柯林斯例句 - Swimming is probably the best form of exercise you can get.
游泳或许是现有的最佳锻炼方式。
来自柯林斯例句 - Our bone marrow contains fat in the form of small globules.
我们的骨髓中含有小球状的脂肪。
来自柯林斯例句 - Character is not separable from physical form but is governed by it.
性格和外表是分不开的，而且观其形知其性。
来自柯林斯例句
中文词源
form 类型，模式
来自拉丁语forma, 形式，模式，可能来自希腊语morphe, 形式，外表，词源同Morpheus, metamorphosis.
英文词源
form
**form: **[13] _Form _comes via Old French _forme _from Latin _forma _‘shape, contour’, a word whose origins have never been satisfactorily explained. Its semantic similarity to Greek _morphé _‘form, shape’ (source of English _morphology _[19]) is striking, and has led some etymologists to suggest that the Latin word may be an alteration of the Greek one, presumably by metathesis (the reversal of sounds, in this case /m/ and /f/).
Another possibility, however, is that it comes from _ferīre _‘strike’, from the notion of an impression, image, or shape being created by beating. Of the word’s wide diversity of modern senses, ‘school class’, a 16th-century introduction, was inspired by the late Latin usage forma prima, forma secunda, etc for different orders of clergy, while ‘bench’ may go back to the Old French expression _s’asseoir en forme _‘sit in a row’.
Amongst forma’s derivatives that have found their way into English are _formal _[14], _format _[19], _formula _[17] (from a Latin diminutive form), and uniform.
=> formal, format, formula, inform, uniform
form (n.)
c. 1200, forme, fourme, "semblance, image, likeness," from Old French forme, fourme, "physical form, appearance; pleasing looks; shape, image; way, manner" (12c.), from Latin forma "form, contour, figure, shape; appearance, looks; a fine form, beauty; an outline, a model, pattern, design; sort, kind condition," a word of unknown origin. One theory holds that it is from or cognate with Greek morphe "form, beauty, outward appearance" (see Morpheus) via Etruscan [Klein].
From c. 1300 as "physical shape (of something), contour, outline," of a person, "shape of the body;" also "appearance, likeness;" also "the imprint of an object." From c. 1300 as "correct or appropriate way of doing something; established procedure; traditional usage; formal etiquette." Mid-14c. as "instrument for shaping; a mould;" late 14c. as "way in which something is done," also "pattern of a manufactured object." Used widely from late 14c. in theology and Platonic philosophy with senses "archetype of a thing or class; Platonic essence of a thing; the formative principle." From c. 1300 in law, "a legal agreement; terms of agreement," later "a legal document" (mid-14c.). Meaning "a document with blanks to be filled in" is from 1855. From 1590s as "systematic or orderly arrangement;" from 1610s as "mere ceremony." From 1550s as "a class or rank at school" (from sense "a fixed course of study," late 14c.). Form-fitting (adj.) in reference to clothing is from 1893.
form (v.)
c. 1300, formen, fourmen, "create, give life to, give shape or structure to; make, build, construct, devise," from Old French fourmer "formulate, express; draft, create, shape, mold" (12c.) and directly from Latin formare "to shape, fashion, build," also figurative, from forma "form, contour, figure, shape" (see form (n.)). From late 14c. as "go to make up, be a constituent part of;" intransitive sense "take form, come into form" is from 1722. Related: Formed; forming.
