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deform sth
The prolonged heat deformed the plastic container.
长时间的热量使塑料容器变形。
使变形；使走样；使变丑
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使变形；使走样；使变丑
To change the normal shape or appearance of something, making it irregular, unnatural, or unattractive.
The prolonged heat deformed the plastic container.
长时间的热量使塑料容器变形。
改变(某物)的形状,通常使其变得无序或不规则；赋予(某物)异常或不寻常的形状
To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
改变(某物)的外观,通常使其不完美或不美观；使(某物)具有异常或不寻常的外观。
To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.
损害(某物)的特性或质量。
To mar the character or quality of (something).
形状改变或变形。
To become changed in shape or misshapen.
deform
Base
原形
deforms
3rd person
第三人称单数
deforming
-ing
现在分词
deformed
Past
过去式
deformed
Past participle
过去分词
Heat deforms the metal.
热量使金属变形。
The accident deformed the car's frame.
事故使汽车的车架变形了。
The material has deformed under pressure.
这种材料在压力下已经变形了。
规则动词
The intense heat from the fire deformed the metal frame.
大火的高温使金属框架变形了。
Her spine began to deform after years of poor posture.
多年不良姿势后，她的脊柱开始变形。
The pressure caused the soft plastic to deform permanently.
压力导致软塑料永久变形。
The prolonged heat deformed the plastic container.
长时间的热量使塑料容器变形。
The metal deformed under extreme pressure.
金属在极端压力下变形。
常用被动结构，描述物体或身体部位的变形状态。
His spine was deformed due to the accident.
他的脊柱因事故而变形。
Not this
The deform on the surface is visible.
Use this
The deformation on the surface is visible.
在汉语中，“变形”可作名词，但英语中动词deform的名词形式是deformation，不能直接用作名词。
Not this
The plastic deformed by the heat.
Use this
The plastic was deformed by the heat.
当deform作不及物动词时，不能带施动者by短语；要表达被动意义，需使用被动语态was deformed。
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变形；变得畸形
Without proper support, the bone may become deformed.
如果没有适当的支撑，骨头可能会变形。
在压力下变形
The seal deforms under pressure to fit tightly.
密封圈在压力下变形以紧密贴合。
永久变形；永久畸形
The injury left his finger permanently deformed.
那次受伤使他的手指永久变形。
使面部变形
The tumor deformed the left side of her face.
肿瘤使她的左脸变形。
扭曲品格；损害品质
Power can deform a person's character.
权力会扭曲一个人的品格。
使金属变形
Extreme heat will deform the metal and ruin the engine.
极端高温会使金属变形并毁坏发动机。
畸形、未完成，我未到时辰便来到这呼吸着的人世，造化才做了一半。
In Shakespeare's Richard III, the king's deformed body is used to explain his envy and cruelty.
在莎士比亚的《理查三世》中，国王畸形的身体被用来解释他的嫉妒与残忍。
Use deform naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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记忆联想：单词里藏着form（形状），把前面的de想成“去掉/破坏”，形状被破坏走样，就是deform（使变形）。
语域：mixed 常见场景：科技/医学语境、日常叙述 deform 本身是中性词，在口语和书面语中都能出现；不过表示“使变形/畸形”时，多用于技术或医学等较正式的语境，日常口语中更常说 bend out of shape 或 damage。
及物时意为‘使变形’，后接宾语；不及物时意为‘变形’，无宾语。
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