n.

1. 形狀；外形[C][U]
   Churches are often built in the form of a cross.

   教堂常常建成十字形。

2. 種類，類型[C][（+of）]
   It was a form of blackmail.

   那是一種訛詐。

3. （藝術作品的）表現形式，體裁[U]
   He adopted the prose form.

   他採用散文形式。

4. （運動員等的）體能狀況；良好的健康狀態[U]
   If she is in form, she can win the match easily.

   如果她競技狀態良好，她可以輕易贏得這場比賽。

5. 表格[C]
   To apply for a job, you must fill out a form.

   申請工作要填表。

6. （規定或慣常的）方式；做法；形式[the S]
   We shook hands as a matter of form.

   我們照例握握手。

7. 舉止，禮貌[U]
   It is very bad form to insist on talking about oneself.

   一味講自己如何如何是很不禮貌的。

8. （學校的）年級[C]
   The boy is in the fourth form.

   這男孩上四年級。

9. 長板凳[C]

vt.

1. 形成；構成；塑造；構（詞）；造（句）
   The design is formed with triangles.

   該圖案由若干三角形組成。

2. 組織；成立
   We formed a club.

   我們成立了一個俱樂部。

3. 養成
   He forms the habit of getting up early.

   他養成早起的習慣。

4. 排列成；把……編排成[O]
   The boys formed a line.

   男孩們排成一行。

vi.

1. （物體）成形；被形成
   Clouds are forming on the top of the hill.

   山頂上形成了雲。

2. 排（隊），列（隊）[Q]
   The girls formed into three lines.

   女孩子排成三行。

3. （計畫，主意等）開始形成；產生
   An idea formed in her mind.

   她腦子裡產生了一個主意。

n.

1. visible shape or configuration.
   ▸style, design, and arrangement in an artistic work as distinct from its content.
2. a way in which a thing exists or appears:
   essays in book form.
   ▸any of the ways in which a word may be spelled, pronounced, or inflected.
   ▸Philosophy  the essential nature of a species or thing, especially (in Plato's thought) regarded as an abstract ideal which real things imitate or participate in.
3. a type or variety.
4. the customary or correct method or procedure.
   ▸a ritual or convention.
5. a printed document with blank spaces for information to be inserted.
6. chiefly Brit. a class or year in a school.
7. the state of a sports player with regard to their current standard of play.
   ▸details of previous performances by a racehorse or greyhound.
   ▸a person's mood and state of health.
   ▸Brit. informal a criminal record.
8. Brit. a long bench without a back.
9. Printing,  chiefly US variant spelling of forme.
10. Brit. a hare's lair.
11. a temporary wooden structure used to hold concrete during setting.

v.

1. combine to create (something).
   ▸go to make up.
   ▸establish or develop.
   ▸articulate (a word or other linguistic unit).
2. make or be made into a particular form:
   form the dough into balls.
   ▸ (form people/things up or form up) chiefly Military  bring or be brought into a certain formation.

[名]

1. ①樣子；派頭。
   폼 나게 차려입다.

   穿得有模有樣的。

2. ②架勢；姿勢。
   그가 투구하는 폼이 독특하다.

   他投球的姿勢很獨特。