formations

英 [fɔːˈmeɪʃənz]

美 [fɔrˈmeɪʃənz]

n.  组成; 形成; 组成物; 形成物; 编队; 队形
formation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 创建;设立;创造
  Theformationofsomething is the starting or creation of it.
  1. ...the formation of a new government.
     新政府的组建
• N-UNCOUNT 形成;养成;建立
  Theformationofan idea, habit, relationship, or character is the process of developing and establishing it.
  1. My profession had an important influence in the formation of my character and temperament.
     我的职业对我性格和脾气的形成有重要的影响。
• N-COUNT 编队;列队
  If people or things areinformation, they are arranged in a particular pattern as they move.
  1. He was flying in formation with seven other jets...
     他和其他7架喷气机一起列队飞行。
  2. They saw a squadron of fifteen motorcycle policemen driving in V-formation...
     他们看见 15 名警察骑着摩托车排成 V 字形前行。
  3. The dancers step into a formation which represents the human being.
     舞蹈演员们排成一个人形队列。
• N-COUNT 形成物;组成物;(岩或云)层
  A rock or cloudformationis rock or cloud of a particular shape or structure.
  1. ...a vast rock formation shaped like a pillar...
     柱状的巨大岩层
  2. Enormous cloud formations formed a purple mass.
     巨大的云层形成紫色云团。

双语例句

• Similar geological formations worldwide might mean that potential hydrocarbon reserves have been underestimated.
  世界各地类似的地质岩层结构可能意味着，人们可能低估了潜在的碳氢化合物资源储备。
• Capitalist social formations reflect the interaction, or articulation, of different modes of production.
  资本主义社会结构反映了不同形式的生产方式之间的互动，或者说相互联系。
• Its wall rocks are a suit of shore to shallow sea facies carbonaceous carbonate and quartz sandstone formations.
  围岩为一套滨海-浅海相富含碳质碳酸盐（石英砂岩）建造。
• Effects of liming on the transformation and distribution of cadmium formations in soils were studied.
  研究了土壤施加石灰后对镉的形态转化和迁移的影响。
• Solid wastes may be deposited in or adjacent geologic formations.
  固体废物可以被存放在地质形成物中或其附近。
• New word formations have not regularity.
  新词的构成没有规律。
• A stratigraphic unit, especially a unit consisting of two or more formations deposited during a single geologic era.
  地层学单位地层学中的一个单位，尤指包括在同一地质时期沉积的两个或两个以上地层的单位。
• The weather was going to change, and you could see the cloud formations move.
  要变天了，你可以看到云的结构发生变化。
• A national park in California famous for its waterfalls and rock formations.
  加利福尼亚州的一个国家公园，以瀑布和岩石群闻名。
• I think they the right tactics and formations.
  我觉得他们的战术和阵型都有问题。