🇬🇧🇨🇳 shape - 形状 : English Lesson

Meaning of "shape" ("形状"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A shape is the way something’s outside edges look. If you draw around something and then take the thing away, the lines that are left show its shape. Shapes can be simple, like circles and squares, or very wild and wiggly, like a spilled noodle or a fluffy cloud. Everything you see has some kind of shape, even if it’s lumpy, bumpy, or totally crazy-looking.

The dinosaur nugget had the shape of a T-Rex, but in my mouth it had the shape of gone.

The soap bubble had the shape of a perfect sphere until it met my clueless finger.

My little brother tried to cut his toast into the shape of a star and invented the shape of crumbs instead.

The spilled juice made the shape of a heart, which did not impress my angry mom.

A circle is a shape with no corners at all—if you keep walking along its edge, you’ll never find a corner.

A child makes cookies. She uses a small box as a shape. She cuts a dog shape, a star shape, a moon shape, a heart shape. Each cookie shows the shape. Her grandma laughs and claps. The child is happy. They eat the cookies and smile. She puts them on a red plate for grandma.

This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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