format

英 [ˈfɔːmæt]

美 [ˈfɔːrmæt]

n.  总体安排; 计划; 设计; (出版物的)版式，开本; 格式
v.  格式化; 安排…的版式

复数：formats　现在分词：formatting　过去分词：formatted　过去式：formatted　第三人称单数：formats　

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Collins.2 / BNC.3080 / COCA.3730

牛津词典

noun

• 总体安排；计划；设计
  the general arrangement, plan, design, etc. of sth
  1. The format of the new quiz show has proved popular.
     新的智力竞赛节目的总体安排结果证明很受欢迎。
• （出版物的）版式，开本
  the shape and size of a book, magazine, etc.
  1. They've brought out the magazine in a new format.
     他们用新的版式出版这杂志。
• 格式
  the way in which data is stored or held to be worked on by a computer

verb

• 格式化
  to prepare a computer disk so that data can be recorded on it
• 安排…的版式
  to arrange text in a particular way on a page or a screen

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 版式;格式;形式
  Theformatof something is the way or order in which it is arranged and presented.
  1. I had met with him to explain the format of the programme and what we had in mind.
     我已经和他当面解释了我们节目的形式以及我们的想法。
  2. ...a large-format book.
     大开本的书
• N-COUNT (电脑软件或音乐的)载体形式
  Theformatof a piece of computer software or a musical recording is the type of equipment on which it is designed to be used or played. For example, possible formats for a musical recording are CD and cassette.
  1. His latest album is available on all formats.
     他的最新专辑有各种载体形式。
• 格式化(磁盘)
  Toformata computer disk means to run a program so that the disk can be written on.
• VERB 编排(计算机文本或图表)的格式
  Toformata piece of computer text or graphics means to arrange the way in which it appears when it is printed or is displayed on a screen.
  1. When text is saved from a Web page, it is often very badly formatted with many short lines.
     从网页上转存文本时，往往会出现许多短行，格式也乱了。

英英释义

noun

• the general appearance of a publication
• the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
  Synonym:formattingdata formatdata formatting

verb

• divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
  1. Please format this disk before entering data!
  Synonym:initializeinitialise
• determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
• set (printed matter) into a specific format
  1. Format this letter so it can be printed out
  Synonym:arrange

双语例句

• The information is stored in stanza format under this database.
  信息在这数据库中被存储为stanza格式。
• This means that Web services send and receive messages in a standard format.
  意思是说Web服务相互之间用一种标准的格式发送和接收消息。
• I adapted the format from the version supplied in RUP.
  我调整了RUP所用的的版本格式。
• They switched from set speeches to a question-and-answer format.
  他们从事先准备好讲稿的演说转向一问一答的形式。
• Extensions add functionality to the Java platform, and an extensions mechanism is built into the JAR file format.
  扩展为Java平台增加了功能，在JAR文件格式中已经加入了扩展机制。
• XML has been adopted as a popular middleware-independent standard format for the exchange of data and documents.
  XML已作为进行数据和文档交换的独立于中间件的标准格式而被广泛采用。
• His latest album is available on all formats.
  他的最新专辑有各种载体形式。
• For various purposes, I automatically convert this format to other formats such as HTML, XML, LaTeX.
  出于各种目的，我将这种格式自动地转换为其它格式，如HTML、XML和LaTeX。
• Elimination of the intermediate XML message format means that runtime performance is improved.
  取消了中间的XML消息格式，意味着改进了运行时性能。
• The EMF provides a feature to support files in this format.
  EMF提供了一个特性来支持这种格式的文件。