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quadrant n.四分之一圆周；象限；象限仪 (1) 一个符号出现在屏幕上端的四分圆的地方。(2) 线段AB是处在第二象限中。 When a circle is evenly divided into four sections by two perpendicular lines, each of the four areas is a quadrant. In fact, anything that's split into four equal parts can be described as being made up of quadrants, like a quadrant of a public park. The Latin root word is quadrantem, fourth part, and for many years quadrant was used to mean six hours, or one-quarter of a day.

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英 ['kwɒdrənt] 美 ['kwɑːdrənt] (1) A symbol appears in an upper quadrant of the screen.(2) The line AB lies in the second quadrant. A quadrant is one-fourth of a circle. When you bake an apple pie and then cut it equally so that you and three of your friends get pieces that are the same size, you'll each get a quadrant of the pie. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]（圆或其他形状的）四分之一；象限 A quadrant is one of four equal parts into which a circle or other shape has been divided.   [usu with supp]A symbol appears in an upper quadrant of the screen.一个符号出现在屏幕上方的一个象限里。

英语单词	quadrant
英美音标	英 ['kwɒdrənt] 美 ['kwɑːdrənt]
中文释义	n.四分之一圆周；象限；象限仪
英语例句	(1) A symbol appears in an upper quadrant of the screen. (2) The line AB lies in the second quadrant.
中文例句	(1) 一个符号出现在屏幕上端的四分圆的地方。 (2) 线段AB是处在第二象限中。
vocabulary简明	A quadrant is one-fourth of a circle. When you bake an apple pie and then cut it equally so that you and three of your friends get pieces that are the same size, you'll each get a quadrant of the pie.
vocabulary扩展	When a circle is evenly divided into four sections by two perpendicular lines, each of the four areas is a quadrant. In fact, anything that's split into four equal parts can be described as being made up of quadrants, like a quadrant of a public park. The Latin root word is quadrantem, fourth part, and for many years quadrant was used to mean six hours, or one-quarter of a day.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（圆或其他形状的）四分之一；象限 A quadrant is one of four equal parts into which a circle or other shape has been divided. [usu with supp] A symbol appears in an upper quadrant of the screen. 一个符号出现在屏幕上方的一个象限里。

Quadrant Symbol Appears Upper Screen Circle Equal Parts