Amorphous means there is no definite shape, no clear outline, nothing tidy to hold onto. Wet clay, a cloud, a blob of jam: amorphous.

Amorphous means there is no definite shape, no clear outline, nothing tidy to hold ontoamorphous的意思是沒有固定形狀、沒有清楚的輪廓，沒有什麼工整的東西可以抓住。Wet clay, a cloud, a blob of jam像濕黏土、一朵雲、一坨果醬：amorphous都是amorphous。

Chemists use it more strictly: an amorphous solid has atoms that are not stacked in a regular crystal — window glass is the schoolbook example.

Chemists use it more strictly化學家用得更嚴格：an amorphous solid has atoms that are not stacked in a regular crystalamorphous solid（非晶質固體）指原子沒有排成規則的結晶——window glass is the schoolbook example窗戶玻璃就是課本上的例子。

Then people stretch it, which is useful: an amorphous crowd (no organisation), an amorphous fear (you cannot name the shape of it), an amorphous job description (nobody knows where it starts or ends). “Shapeless” is the everyday cousin; amorphous is a step more formal and often adds “and hard to define,” not only “round-ish.” Though actually, almost everything has some shape if you look closely; we say amorphous when the shape does not help us.

Then people stretch it然後人們把這個字用得更寬，which is useful這樣用其實很方便：an amorphous crowd (no organisation)像an amorphous crowd（沒有組織的群眾），an amorphous fear (you cannot name the shape of it)an amorphous fear（說不出形狀的恐懼），an amorphous job description (nobody knows where it starts or ends)an amorphous job description（不知道從哪裡開始、到哪裡結束的工作內容）。"Shapeless" is the everyday cousin"Shapeless"是日常口語版的親戚；amorphous is a step more formal而amorphous更正式一點，and often adds "and hard to define,"而且常常還多帶了「而且難以界定」的意思，not only "round-ish."不只是「圓圓的」而已。Though actually不過老實說，almost everything has some shape if you look closely幾乎所有東西仔細看都有點形狀；we say amorphous when the shape does not help us我們說amorphous是因為那個形狀對我們沒有幫助。