形
xíng
Pinyin
Definition
形
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- to appear
- to look
- form
- shape
Character Decomposition
Idioms (13)
原形毕露
- 1 original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
喜形于色
- 1 face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
土木形骸
- 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
奇形怪状
- 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
如影随形
- 1 as the shadow follows the body (idiom)
- 2 closely associated with each other
- 3 to follow relentlessly
Sample Sentences
所以我们可以形容这个女孩儿牛牵到北京还是牛
So we can describe this girl as, " A leopard cannot change its spots."
动物在不同的自然环境中,为了生存它们会慢慢透过繁殖、变异而演化出形形色色功能不同的颜色,而这些颜色是由自然选择决定的。
Animals living in different natural environments will mutate and evolve into having a variety of functions and different colors for their survival. These mutations are based on natural selection.
比如枯叶蝶顾名思义,它的颜色和形状就像一片枯叶一样,所以当它停在树枝上时,乍看之下就跟普通的叶子一样。
For example, the Orange Oakleaf, as evident from its name, has wings that are of the colors of a dead leaf. So when it lands on a branch, it looks exactly like a normal leaf at a glance.
但动物身上颜色的形成常常不只是因为一朵花、一株草或一棵树,而是整个自然环境。
However, the camouflage is usually not just a flower, a bead of grass, or a tree, it is often the entire environment.
在太阳系中,水星跟太阳的距离很近,受到太阳高温的影响,水星白天的地表温度非常高,可以达到摄氏427度,因此水星没办法像邻近的金星和地球一样形成一层厚厚的大气层。
In the solar system, Mercury is very close to the sun. Because of the high temperature from the sun, the ground temperature on Mercury is very high, which is up to 427 degree celsius. Therefore, Mercury cannot form a thick layer of atmosphere like Venus and Earth.
因为大气层稀薄,所以反射太阳光的能力不如地球,进而也促进了水星高温地表的形成。
On account of the thin layer of atmosphere, it cannot reflect sunlight as much as the Earth does, and furthermore lead to the formation of Mercury's high temperature surface.
但这并不表示水星上没有水,1991年科学家在水星的北极地区观测到一个亮点,科学家推测那是水星地表的冰反射阳光形成的。
But this doesn't mean that there is no water on Mercury. In 1991, Scientists observed a bright spot in the North pole area, which is conjectured that it is the reflection of sunlight from the ice on Mercury's surface.
因此水星只是没有液态水,水是以固态冰的形式存在。
Therefore, there is no liquid water on Mercury, but it is existed in the form of solid ice.
一看到酸的食物就不自觉地流下口水是一种后天形成的条件反射现象。
It is an acquired conditioned reflex that one drools unconsciously when seeing sour food.
如果用一个字来形容今年以来经济的运行状态,那就是“稳”。
If you use a word to describe the state of the economy this year, it is "stable."