​每日单词：deformation

每日单词：deformation

deformation /ˌdiːfɔːˈmeɪʃn/

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外刊例句

Butterflies engaged in all of these heat-minimising activities even when the researchers blindfolded them. That suggested the relevant sensors were on the wings themselves. Dr Yu and Dr Pierce therefore searched those wings for likely looking sensory cells. They found some, in the form of neurons that resembled heat detectors known from other insects. They also uncovered disc-shaped cells that appeared, again by resemblance, to be pressure-sensitive neurons. They speculate that these are there to detect deformation of the wing—information an insect could use to control its flight pattern.

即使研究人员蒙住它们的眼睛，蝴蝶也会进行所有这些减少热量的活动。这表明相关传感器是在翅膀上。因此虞博士和Pierce博士在这些翅膀中寻找可能的感觉细胞。他们发现了一些神经元，类似于其他昆虫的热探测器。他们还发现了圆盘状的细胞，它们看起来也像压力敏感的神经元。他们推测这些是用来检测翅膀的变形——昆虫可以利用这些信息来控制飞行模式。

——《科学美国人》
基本释义

Deformation is an alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it.

n. 变形

追根溯源

单词deformation里的词根form部分来源于拉丁语forma，表示“形状，外形”，所以，英语里包含form的单词，多与此相关。例如：

transform vt. 改变，使…变形

deform vi. 变形；变畸形

reform v. 改革，革新

formal adj. 正式的；拘谨的

影视例句

在电影《变形金刚》中，汽车人变形的时候经常会听到下面霸气的指令，其中就用到了今天我们学的单词：