Amorphous

GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 无定形的
• ［英］ adj. 无定形的 ( without definite form; shapeless)
• ［记］ a+morph ( 形状) +ous -> 无形状的
• ［同］ 派生词: amorphousness ( 无定形) 同根词: metamorphose ( 变形) ; morphology ( 形态学)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Greek amorphos, from a- + morphē form
• Date: circa 1731
• 1.
  • a. having no definite form ; shapeless an amorphous cloud mass
  • b. being without definite character or nature ; unclassifiable an amorphous segment of society
  • c. lacking organization or unity an amorphous style of writing
• 2. having no real or apparent crystalline form an amorphous mineral
• • amorphously adverb
• • amorphousness noun

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