| 单词 | square |
| 释义 | Word Frequency square(skwɛə) noun 1. a plane geometric figure having four equal sides and four right angles Compare rectangle, rhombus 2. any object, part, or arrangement having this or a similar shape a square of carpet a square on a chessboard 3. (capital when part of name) an open area in a town, sometimes including the surrounding buildings, which may forma square 4. mathematics the product of two equal factors; the second power 9 is the square of 3, written 32 5. an instrument having two strips of wood, metal, etc, set in the shape of aTor L, used for constructing or testing right angles 6. cricket the closely-cut area in the middle of a ground on which wickets are prepared 7. a body of soldiers drawn up in the form of a square 8. rowing the position of the blade of an oar perpendicular to the surface of the water just before and during a stroke 9. informal a person who is old-fashioned in views, customs, appearance, etc 10. astrology an aspect of about 90° between two planets, etc conjunction (sense 5), opposition (sense 9), trine (sense 1)11. obsolete a standard, pattern, or rule 12. back to square one 13. on the square 14. out of square adjective 15. being a square in shape 16. having or forming one or more right angles or being at right angles to something 17. square or rectangular in section a square bar 18. a. (prenominal) denoting a measure of area of any shape a circle of four square feet b. (immediately postpositive) denoting a square having a specified length on each side a board four feet square contains 16 square feet 19. fair and honest (esp in the phrase a square deal) 20. straight, even, or level a square surface 21. cricket at right angles to the wicket square leg 22. sport in a straight line across the pitch a square pass 23. nautical (of the sails of a square-rigger) set at right angles to the keel 24. informal old-fashioned in views, customs, appearance, etc 25. stocky or sturdy square shoulders 26. (postpositive) having no remaining debts or accounts to be settled 27. (of a horse's gait) sound, steady, or regular 28. (prenominal) unequivocal or straightforward a square contradiction 29. (postpositive) neat and tidy 30. mathematics (of a matrix) having the same number of rows and columns 31. all square 32. square peg verb (mainly tr) 33. to make into a square or similar shape 34. mathematics to raise (a number or quantity) to the second power 35. to test or adjust for deviation with respect to a right angle, plane surface, etc 36. (sometimes foll by off) to divide into squares 37. to position so as to be rectangular, straight, or level square the shoulders 38. (sometimes foll by up) to settle (debts, accounts, etc) 39. to level (the score) in a game, etc 40. (also intr; often foll by with) to agree or cause to agree your ideas don't square with mine 41. rowing to turn (an oar) perpendicular to the surface of the water just before commencing a stroke 42. (in canoeing) to turn (a paddle) perpendicular to the direction of the canoe at the commencement of a stroke Compare feather (sense 16)43. to arrange (something), esp by a corrupt method or come to an arrangement with (someone), as by bribery 44. square the circle adverb 45. in order to be square 46. at right angles 47. sport in a straight line across the pitch pass the ball square 48. informal squarely Derived forms squareness (ˈsquareness) noun squarer (ˈsquarer) noun squarish (ˈsquarish) adjective Word origin C13: from Old French esquare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra (unattested), from Latin ex1 + quadrāre to make square; see quadrant |
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