单词	rectangle
释义	rectanglerec‧tan‧gle /ˈrektæŋɡəl/ ●●● noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINrectangle Origin: 1500-1600 Medieval Latin rectangulus ‘having a right angle’, from Latin rectus ‘right’ + angulus ‘angle’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A rectangle is subdivided into one large and two small squares such that the overlap is constant width. Nature is the length of the rectangle, nurture the width. Press 1 to cut the rectangle. The cedar lining that once protected fine cigars from deteriorating is equally efficacious at preserving cardboard rectangles from insect damage. The effect is as if a central strip were cut out and the remaining top and bottom rectangles rejoined. The elements are all rectangles, and some dimensions are given. The plate itself is a small rectangle of metallic material. There was a small rectangle of land beside the jetty, surrounded on three sides by steep clay walls. Thesaurus THESAURUStypes of shapes► square a shape with four straight sides that are equal in length and four angles of 90 degrees ► circle a round shape that is like an O ► semicircle half a circle ► triangle a shape with three straight sides and three angles ► rectangle a shape with four straight sides and four angles of 90 degrees ► oval a shape like a circle, but that is longer than it is wide ► cylinder an object in the shape of a tube ► cube a solid object with six equal square sides ► pyramid a shape with a square base and four triangular sides that meet in a point at the top ► sphere a shape like a ball WORD SETS► Maths abacus, nounalgebra, nounangle, nounarc, nounarea, nounarithmetic, nounarithmetic, adjectivearithmetic progression, nounaxis, nounbar chart, nounbar graph, nounbase, nounbinomial, nounbisect, verbBoolean, adjectiveC, nouncalculator, nouncalculus, nouncanonical, adjectivechord, nouncipher, nouncircumference, nouncircumscribe, verbcompass, nouncomplementary, adjectivecomputation, nouncompute, verbconcentric, adjectivecone, nouncongruent, adjectiveconical, adjectiveconstant, nouncontain, verbcoordinate, nouncoordinate, adjectivecos, cosine, nouncube, nouncubic, adjectivecurvature, nouncurve, nouncut, verbdeci-, prefixdeviation, noundiagonal, adjectivediameter, noundifferential calculus, noundigit, noundimension, noundomain, nouneccentric, adjectiveellipse, nounelliptical, adjectiveequal, adjectiveequal, verbequals sign, nounequation, nounequilateral triangle, nounexponential, adjectiveexpress, verbexpression, nounface, nounfigure, nounflow chart, nounformula, nounfraction, nounfractional, adjectivefunction, noungeometric, adjectivegeometry, noungraph, noungraphically, adverbgraph paper, noungrid, nounHCF, helix, nounheptagon, nounhexagon, nounhistogram, nounhypotenuse, nounimperial, adjectiveimproper fraction, nouninfinity, nouninformation theory, nouninnumerate, adjectiveinto, prepositioninverse, adjectiveisosceles triangle, nounline graph, log, nounlogarithm, nounlong division, nounlozenge, nounmath, nounmathematical, adjectivemathematician, nounmathematics, nounmatrix, nounmean, adjectivemedian, nounmedian, adjectivemetric, adjectiveminus, prepositionminus, nounminus, adjectiveminus sign, nounminute, nounmultiplication, nounmultiplication sign, nounmultiplication table, nounmultiply, verbN, nounnumber, nounnumerate, adjectivenumeration, nounoblong, adjectiveobtuse angle, nounoctagon, nounoval, nounparabola, nounparallel, adjectiveparallelogram, nounpentagon, nounpercentage, nounperimeter, nounperpendicular, nounpi, nounpictogram, nounpie chart, nounplane, nounplane geometry, nounplus, prepositionplus, nounplus, adjectiveplus sign, nounpolygon, nounpolyhedron, nounpower, nounprism, nounprobability, nounproof, nounproportion, nounproposition, nounprotractor, nounquadrangle, nounquadrant, nounquadratic equation, nounquadri-, prefixquadrilateral, nounradius, nounratio, nounrectangle, nounrectilinear, adjectiverecur, verbrhombus, nounright angle, nounright-angled triangle, nounroot, nounruler, nounscale, nounscalene triangle, nounscatter diagram, section, nounsegment, nounsemicircle, nounset square, nounsine, nounslide rule, nounsolid, adjectivesolid, nounsolution, nounsolve, verbsphere, nounsquare, adjectivesquare, nounsquare, verbsquare, adverbsquarely, adverbsquare root, nounsubset, nounsubtract, verbsubtraction, nounsum, nounsurface area, nounsymmetrical, adjectivesymmetry, nountangent, nounterm, nountheorem, nounthreefold, adjectivetimes, prepositiontrapezium, nountriangle, nountrigonometry, nountwo-dimensional, adjectivevalue, nounvariable, nounvector, nounVenn diagram, nounvertex, nounvertical, adjectivevolume, nounwork, verbX, nounx-axis, nouny-axis, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► large · Sandwich the two halves together with glaze, one on top of the other, to form a large rectangle.· The first unit is centred on St Mary's church and consists of a large rectangle, aligned north-south, east-west.· Brush the tops of the two large rectangles with apricot glaze and place one on top of the other. ► small · There was a small rectangle of land beside the jetty, surrounded on three sides by steep clay walls.· He turned a small cardboard rectangle over and over between his fingers: the train ticket.· The plate itself is a small rectangle of metallic material.· Notice that this also contains a small rectangle in the lower right corner, denoting that this icon has a sub-menu.· Place the smaller rectangle on top, in the centre. a shape that has four straight sides, two of which are usually longer than the other two, and four 90° angles at the corners → square
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