名词

1. 创建;设立;创造
The formation of something is the starting or creation of it.

2. 形成;养成;建立
The formation of an idea, habit, relationship, or character is the process of developing and establishing it.

3. 编队;列队
If people or things are in formation, they are arranged in a particular pattern as they move.

4. 形成物;组成物;(岩或云)层
A rock or cloud formation is rock or cloud of a particular shape or structure.

1. the act of forming or establishing something

e.g. the constitution of a PTA group last year
it was the establishment of his reputation
he still remembers the organization of the club

Synonym: constitutionestablishmentorganizationorganisation

2. the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

Synonym: shaping

3. creation by mental activity

e.g. the formation of sentences
the formation of memories

4. a particular spatial arrangement

5. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

e.g. a defensive formation
a formation of planes

6. (geology) the geological features of the earth

Synonym: geological formation

7. natural process that causes something to form

e.g. the formation of gas in the intestine
the formation of crystals
the formation of pseudopods