From the word’s history
From Middle English formacioun, from Old French formacion, from Latin fōrmātiō, from fōrmō 'to form'.
經古法文源自拉丁文 fōrmātiō，來自 fōrmō「形成」。
Picture something taking shape where there was no shape before. English then splits the picture in two: the coming-into-being (a government being set up, rock hardening over millions of years) and the shape that results (the pattern a squad of planes flies in, the rock left standing). Same word, one end of the process or the other.
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
formationnoun/fɔːˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
- 1
The act of assembling a group or structure.
- Some cloud formation was confirmed and rainfall was observed over some islands.
- 2
Something possessing structure or form.
- 3
The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
- 4
governmentmilitarypoliticsA grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
- 5
geographygeologynatural-sciencesA layer of rock of common origin.
- Over a broad region, the color of a formation may change.
- 6
governmentmilitarypoliticsAn arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
- 7
hobbieslifestylesportsAn arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- N'Golo Kanté embodies both sides of this, a player whose early scratchiness was soothed with glorious results in the new 3-4-3 formation, allowed simply to be his best, most wonderfully mobile, diligent, destructive self.
- 8
The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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category-theorycomputingengineeringA structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
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