shape是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 形状， 外形； 情况， 状态； 种类v. 成型， 塑造，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- If each smooth tile had been a blank at first, with power to shape some picture on its surface from the disjointed fragments of his thoughts, there would have been a copy of old Marley's head on every one.
-- 'How it is that I appear before you in a shape that you can see, I may not tell.
-- Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing; and, consequently, when the Bell struck One, and no shape appeared, he was taken with a violent fit of trembling.
-- In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see, who bore a glowing torch, in shape not un-like Plenty's horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door.
-- Although well used to ghostly company by this time, Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trem-bled beneath him, and he found that he could hardly stand when he prepared to follow it.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Like these in shape and size?'
-- Him, Dar-nay heard with a particular feeling of objection; and Darnay stood divided between going away that he might hear no more, and remaining to interpose his word, when the thing that was to be, went on to shape itself out.
-- And gradually, what I had done at random, seemed to shape itself into a purpose, Mr.
-- Crush humanity out of shape once more, un-der similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
-- 'If thou be changed into this shape by the will of God,' say the seers to the enchanted, in the wise Arabian stories, 'then remain so!But, if thou wear this form through mere passing conjuration, then resume thy former aspect!'
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Consequently the distributors of earthly blessings in the shape of places, rents, shares, and such, were all his friends, and could not overlook one of their own set; and Oblonsky had no need to make any special exertion to get a lucrative post.
-- And Korsunsky began waltzing with measured steps straight towards the group in the left corner, continually saying, "Pardon, mesdames, pardon, pardon, mesdames"; and steering his course through the sea of lace, tulle, and ribbon, and not disarranging a feather, he turned his partner sharply round, so that her slim ankles, in light transparent stockings, were exposed to view, and her train floated out in fan shape and covered Krivin's knees.
-- And everything that he would say tonight to his wife took clear shape in Alexey Alexandrovitch's head.
-- But though he was taking a holiday now, that is to say, he was doing no writing, he was so used to intellectual activity that he liked to put into concise and eloquent shape the ideas that occurred to him, and liked to have someone to listen to him.
-- And there nothing took clear shape for him.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As of course you know, Doctor, you can tell such a lot by the differences in the shape of the lower border of the ribs, and by the surface of the belly during deep breathing."
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On these occasions they used to take on a white dish tied up in a table napkin a special sort of rice pudding with raisins stuck in it in the shape of a cross.
-- There is only one thing, one thing needful: one has only to dare!Then for the first time in my life an idea took shape in my mind which no one had ever thought of before me, no one!I saw clear as daylight how strange it is that not a single person living in this mad world has had the daring to go straight for it all and send it flying to the devil!I 芒聙娄 I wanted to have the daring 芒聙娄 and I killed her.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 20CHAPTER III ObserveTHE first objects that assume a distinct presence before me, as Ilook far back, into the blank of my infancy, are my mother with herpretty hair and youthful shape, and Peggotty, with no shape at all,and eyes so dark that they seemed to darken their wholeneighbourhood in her face, and cheeks and arms so hard and redthat I wondered the birds didn't peck her in preference to apples.
-- Of the shape of the room, of thecracks in the ceiling, of the paper on the wall, of the flaws in thewindow-glass making ripples and dimples on the prospect, of thewashing-stand being rickety on its three legs, and having adiscontented something about it, which reminded me of Mrs.Gummidge under the influence of the old one.
-- The soles hadshed themselves bit by bit, and the upper leathers had broken andburst until the very shape and form of shoes had departed fromthem.
-- It was an old scar- I shouldrather call it, seam, for it was not discoloured, and had healedyears ago- which had once cut through her mouth, downwardtowards the chin, but was now barely visible across the table,except above and on her upper lip, the shape of which it hadaltered.
-- 'A beggar would be no novelty,' said Steerforth; 'but it is a strangething that the beggar should take that shape to-night.'
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Sorrow came a gentle sorrow but not at all in the shape of any disagreeable consciousness. Miss Taylor married.
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