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Quad Quadrangle Buildings Kind Large N Count 可数名词   [Usu

英语单词 quad
英美音标 英 [kwɒd] 美 [kwɑːd]
中文释义 vt.用空铅填
abbr.四边形(=quadrangle)
abbr.四组;四胞胎之一(=quadruplet)
abbr.四声道的(=quadraphonic)
abbr.四头肌(=quadriceps)
abbr.空铅;铅块(=quadrat)
n.四方院子;四胞胎之一;嵌条;成套的四件东西
vocabulary简明 A quad is a rectangular shaped area, especially on a university campus, that's enclosed by buildings. Your college friend might tell you to meet her in the quad after lunch.
vocabulary扩展 Quad is an abbreviation, most commonly short for quadrangle, a kind of four-sided courtyard usually defined by a large lawn and surrounded by buildings. Another kind of quad — also an abbreviation — is the large muscle in the top of your thigh, more formally known as a quadriceps muscle. Quadrangle and its nickname, quad, were 1800's Oxford slang, from the Latin root quadri, or "four."
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]同 quadruplet Quads are the same as quadruplets .
  [usu pl]
  • ...a 34-year-old mother of quads.

    生了四胞胎的34岁的母亲

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]同quadrangle A quad is the same as a quadrangle .
  [usu the N]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • His rooms were on the left-hand side of the quad.

    他的房间位于四方院的左侧。

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