1. 版式
2. 安排，编排
3. （出版物之）开本，书型，图书开式，幅面尺寸
4. 【计算机】格式
5. 【自动化】形式
6. 组织的总计划，计划；设计；总体安排
7. 规格
8. 信息安排
9. 【计】 DOS命令:格式化（磁盘）
10. 样式，方式
11. 排印体裁及装帧设计
12. 电视节目的总安排或计划

1. 构成
2. 格式设置
3. 编排（格式）；安排形式，安排板式
4. （使）格式化
5. 安排…的格局，安排…的格式，设计…的版面

1. the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
2. the general appearance of a publication

1. set (printed matter) into a specific format;

   "Format this letter so it can be printed out"
   

2. determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
3. divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data;

   "Please format this disk before entering data!"
   

1.版式;格式;形式
Theformat of something is the way or order in which it is arranged and presented.

e.g. I had met with him to explain theformat of the programme and what we had in mind.
我已经和他当面解释了我们节目的形式以及我们的想法。
e.g. ...a large-format book.
大开本的书

2.(电脑软件或音乐的)载体形式
Theformat of a piece of computer software or a musical recording is the type of equipment on which it is designed to be used or played. For example, possible formats for a musical recording are CD and cassette.

e.g. His latest album is available on all formats.
他的最新专辑有各种载体形式。

3.格式化(磁盘)
Toformat a computer disk means to run a program so that the disk can be written on.

4.编排(计算机文本或图表)的格式
Toformat a piece of computer text or graphics means to arrange the way in which it appears when it is printed or is displayed on a screen.

e.g. When text is saved from a Web page, it is often very badly formatted with many short lines.
从网页上转存文本时，往往会出现许多短行，格式也乱了。

1. Please format this floppy disk.
   请将这张软盘格式化。

1. They switched from set speeches to a question-and-answer format.
   他们从事先准备好讲稿的演说转向一问一答的形式。
2. They are producing books in all kinds of different formats.
   他们出版各种不同开本的书籍。

• Format is often taken to mean the style and general appearance of a book, as well as its shape and size.

  出自：H. Williamson

• The first vertical format double-size stamp was issued.

  出自：David Potter

• There are dot matrix printers..which format each character as required.

  出自：Times

• The program formats a disk in such a fashion that equal amounts of storage are used for each record.

  出自：QL User

• ☆ 1840年进入英语，直接源自法语的format；最初源自现代拉丁语的liber formatus，意为塑造，形成。