the formless

基本解释

When a person enters a haunted building, the formless spirit belts out an ear-piercing “Uwan!” (hence the name).
当有人进入闹鬼的房子，这没有实体的妖怪就会发出刺耳的“哇！” （故此它被名为哇）。
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
起初神创造天地。地是空虚混沌；神的灵运行在水面上。神说：“要有光。”就有了光。
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In the book of Genesis, we learn that all the fundamentals of creation form as they become defined out of the formless abyss of totality.
在《创世纪》这一章里，我们知道了所有的基本形态创造都是由那没有定型没有形状的深渊中的整体里演变出来的。
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They only had the occasion in a kind of formless matter upon which they could adopt and impose any form they took.
他们仅有的是,在一种无形物质中的机遇,在其中他们能采纳,并强加任何他们喜欢的形式。
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Sceptics were always trying to show how it was done, saying that the Ash was a pellet crushed between His fingers, or that the gold and silver ellipsoidal lingams (the Form of the Formless) that He coughed up at certain festivals were in fact hidden in His handkerchief.
ECONOMIST: Sai Baba
The sari, by contrast, is formless and fluid.
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