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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

形成 [xíngchéng]
  1. 1. verb form
    这种自然现象形成于几千年前。
    This natural phenomenon formed thousands of years ago.
    二氧化碳形成温室效应。
    Carbon dioxide has caused the greenhouse effect.
    火山的形成
    volcanic formation

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

形成 [xíngchéng]
  1. 1. take shape; form
    石灰岩经地下水长时期的侵蚀,形成岩洞。
    Caves are formed by the erosion of limestone by groundwater over many thousands of years.
  2. 2. acquisition; formation
  3. 3. formative

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

形成 [xíngchéng]
  1. 1. 经过发展变化而成为(某种事物、风气或局面)
    形成了自己的风格。
    好的风气正在形成
  2. 2. 参见"成为"的提示。

Examples

形成钳形包围
form a pincerlike encirclement
形成犬牙交错的状态
form a jagged, interlocking pattern
由于水的不断侵蚀,日久天长就形成了一个大溶洞。
As a result of continuous water erosion, in the course of time a huge cave was formed.
莫扎特的作品好似天造地设,自然形成
Like a work of Nature, a work by Mozart seems inevitable as it stands.
许多盆地都是因地壳陷落而形成的。
Many basins were formed by the subsidence of the earth's crust.
塑料从微孔压挤出来形成纤维。
Plastic material is extruded through very small holes to form fibres.
外界事物作用于我们的感官,在我们的头脑中形成印象。
External things act on our sense organs and give rise to impressions in our brains.
他对松花江下游冰坝的形成进行了研究。
He studied the shaping of the ice dam of the lower reaches of Song Hua River.
科学家正在研究这种冲击波是如何形成的。
Scientists are now studying how the shock wave was formed.

Collocations

形成习惯
to form a habit
难以形成
difficult to form
初步形成
preliminary form
形成原因
the reasoning behind a form
风气形成
to become a common practice

Word Decomposition


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