formal

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɔːməl/    美 /ˈfɔɹməl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An evening gown. countable,uncountable
    — Well, I open up the door / And much to my surprise / The girls were wearin' formals / And the boys were wearin' ties
  2. Formalin. uncountable
  3. An event with a formal dress code. countable,uncountable
    — Jenny took Sam to her Year 12 formal.
  4. An acetal formed from formaldehyde. countable,uncountable
  5. A formal parameter. countable,uncountable
  6. Ellipsis of formal hall. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. In accordance with established forms.
    — She spoke formal English, without any dialect.
  2. Official.
    — I'd like to make a formal complaint.
  3. Relating to the form or structure of something.
    — Formal linguistics ignores the vocabulary of languages and focuses solely on their grammar.
  4. Relating to formation.
    — The formal stage is a critical part of any child's development.
  5. Ceremonial or traditional.
    — Formal wear must be worn at my wedding!
  6. Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
    — He's always very formal, and I wish he'd relax a bit.
  7. Organized; well-structured and planned.
    — When they became a formal club the rowers built a small boathouse.
  8. In accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous. especially
    — Despite efforts by limnologists and freshwater biologists to create a formal definition of “pond”, there is still no universal distinction between a “pond” and a “lake”.
  9. Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
    — Formal series are defined without any reference to convergence.

词形变化

more formal comparative most formal superlative formals plural formals plural

词汇关系

反义词
informal
衍生词
business formal essive-formal formal cause formal charge formal education formal equivalence formalese formalesque formal fallacy formal grammar formal heresy formalish formalism formalist formality formalization formalize formal language formal linguistics formal logic formally formal mathematics formalness formal ontology formal power series formal science formal semantics formal series formal sociology formal sum formal system formal validity formal wear formalwear hyperformal microformal nonformal non-formal learning omniformal overformal postformal pseudoformal semiformal superformal ultraformal unformal formal swap
相关词
form hemiformal

词源

词源 1
From Middle English formel, borrowed from Old French formel, from Latin fōrmālis, from fōrma (“form”); equivalent to form + -al.
词源 2
See formo-.
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