英语单词 | square |
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英美音标 | 英 [skweə(r)] 美 [skwer] |
中文释义 | n.正方形;广场;街区;平方;直角尺;<俚>古板的人 adj.正方形的;规矩的;结实的;公正的;断然的 v.一致;结清;收买;使 ... 成方形;使成平方;调整 adv.成直角;直接的;正方形地 |
英语例句 | (1) The little girl drew a square on the paper. (2) Everybody goes to this vast square in the evening. (3) The crowds in the square were elated by the news. (4) 25 is a perfect square of 5. (5) The carpenter who built this room must have lost his square. (6) I'm basically a bit of a square. (7) A handkerchief is usually square. (8) I remembered he'd been top of his class, so he was bound to have grown up into a square workaholic. (9) A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character. (10) The mayor is a man of square frame. (11) I ask no odds, I just want you to be fair and square. (12) They offered to buy his farm but met a square refusal. (13) His conduct does not square with his words. (14) I must square my account with you. (15) There is only one person besides ourselves who knows anything about this affair, and it shouldn't be difficult to square him. (16) Square the page off with your ruler. (17) Dear, you have to square your way to eat. (18) The road turned square to the left. |
中文例句 | (1) 小女孩在纸上画了一个正方形。 (2) 每天傍晚,人人都上这宽阔的广场上来。 (3) 这消息使广场上的人群欢欣鼓舞。 (4) 25是5的完全平方。 (5) 建这座房子的人一定丢了他的直角尺。 (6) 我是比较古板的。 (7) 手帕通常是正方形的。 (8) 我记得他以前一直是班上的尖子,所以他一定长成了个古板的工作狂。 (9) 强健的方颚是性格坚定的象征。 (10) 市长是个体格魁梧的人。 (11) 我不要求特殊照顾,我只要求您公正。 (12) 他们出价要买他的农场,但遭到断然拒绝。 (13) 他言行不一致。 (14) 我必须和你结清我的帐目。 (15) 除了我们自己,只有一个人知道这件事,收买他应该不难。 (16) 用尺在这页纸上打上方格。 (17) 亲爱的,你得改一下你吃饭的姿势。 (18) 这条路成直角向左转去。 |
vocabulary简明 | A square is a figure with four equal sides and four right angles. It's a popular shape for windows and record albums, among many other things. |
vocabulary扩展 | Square has many different metaphorical uses. Old towns had square open areas for meetings, so now "town square" means meeting place, even if it's not shaped exactly like a square. If you settle your debts, you square them, and if someone calls you a square, they mean you're boring, rule-abiding, and lame. In math, a square is the product of something multiplied by itself. If you square your plans with someone, you line them up. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]正方形;四方形 A square is a shape with four sides that are all the same length and four corners that are all right angles.
2 [N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 名称名词;名称名词](通常为方形的)广场 In a town or city, a square is a flat open place, often in the shape of a square.
3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]正方形的;方的 Something that is square has a shape the same as a square or similar to a square. [usu ADJ n]
4 [ADJ 形容词](用于长度单位前表示面积)平方的 Square is used before units of length when referring to the area of something. For example, if something is three metres long and two metres wide, its area is six square metres. [ADJ n]
5 [ADJ 形容词](用于长度面积后表示四方形物的边长)长宽为…的 Square is used after units of length when you are giving the length of each side of something that is square in shape. [amount ADJ]
6 [VERB 动词]使成二次幂;将(数字)平方 To square a number means to multiply it by itself. For example, 3 squared is 3 x 3, or 9. 3 squared is usually written as 32. [V n] [V-ed]
7 [N-COUNT 可数名词]二次幂;平方 The square of a number is the number produced when you multiply that number by itself. For example, the square of 3 is 9. [usu with poss]
8 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(不同想法或行动)协调一致 If you square two different ideas or actions with each other or if they square with each other, they fit or match each other. [V [V n
9 [VERB 动词]就…征得…的同意 If you square something with someone, you ask their permission or check with them that what you are doing is acceptable to them. [V n
10 See also:squared ;squarely ; 11 [PHRASE 短语]将圆的变成方的;做不可能做到的事 If you say that someone squares the circle, you mean that they bring together two things which are normally thought to be so different that they cannot exist together. [V inflects]
12 [PHRASE 短语](因行动失败而)重新开始,重起炉灶 If you are back to square one, you have to start dealing with something from the beginning again because the way you were dealing with it has failed. [v-link PHR]
13 [PHRASE 短语]不适宜做某工作的人;与环境格格不入的人 If you describe someone as a square peg in a round hole, you mean that they are completely unsuitable for the job they are doing or the situation they are in.
14 fair and square→see: fair ;
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