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- the way in which something is arranged or set out安排, 布局, 设计, 样式：
the format of the funeral service.
葬礼的安排。
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- the shape, size, and presentation of a book or periodical（书, 期刊）版式, 开本。
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- the medium in which a sound recording is made available（录音制品）传播媒介：
the album is available as a CD as well as on LP and cassette formats.
这张专辑不但有密纹唱片和磁带, 还有CD片。
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- Computing a defined structure for the processing, storage, or display of data【计算机】（数据处理、存储或显示）格式：
a data file in binary format.
二进制格式的数据文件。
(formatted, formatting)with obj.
1- (especially in computing) arrange or put into a format（尤作计算机用语）把…编排成格式, 格式化。
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- prepare (a storage medium) to receive data格式化（存储媒体）。
词源
mid 19th cent.: via French and German from Latin formatus （liber） 'shaped (book)', past participle of formare 'to form'.