the way in which something is formed; the structure of something, especially an animal 构造;结构;形态;(尤指动物的)身体构造 the ideal physical conformation of the horse 马的理想体型
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘conforming, adaptation’): from Latin conformatio(n-), from conformare ‘to shape, fashion’, from con- ‘together’ + formare ‘to form’.