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The state of having no definite shape. You can talk about the formlessness of a cloud, or the formlessness of an early idea that has not become a plan yet. It is an abstract noun, mostly at home in careful writing. Everyday English often just says “it has no real shape” instead of naming the -ness. Though actually, this is not a fancy word for “chaos” or “mess.” A thing can be calm and still — like still water in the dark, or a feeling you have not found words for.
沒有固定形狀；無形
組成formless + -ness.
同家族的字
- formlessthe adjective; this is the noun for that state
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
formlessnessnoun/ˈfɔːmləsnəs/
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The quality of being formless.
- The way by light and shade is, on the contrary, taken by men of the highest powers of though, and most earnest desire for truth ; they long for light, and for knowledge of all tthat light can show. But seeking for light, they perceive also darkness ; seeking for truth and substance, they find vanity. They look for form in the earth.—for dawn in the sky ; and seeking these, they find formlessness in the earth, and night in the sky.
- There also in it, as used both by poets and philosophers, a similar idea of formlessness, but with more of a metaphysical reference to inward law or organization than to mere outward shape.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。