单词 | quad |
释义 | quad From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Human Educationquadquad /kwɒd $ kwɑːd/ noun [countable] informal1 SEa square open area with buildings all around it, especially in a school or college2 HBHa quadruplet3 → quadsExamples from the Corpusquad• This was evidently the quad devoted to the science faculty.• From my second-floor vantage point I could see my classmates as they tumbled out into the quad playing catch with my shoes.• He opened it, and a figure whose face was obscured by a muffler pushed past him and ran into the quad.• Puddephat's rooms are on the opposite side of the quad from mine.• Twenty freshmen, faculty members, alumnae and parents gathered in a small computer room off the quad to greet Child.Origin quad 1. (1800-1900) quadrangle2. (1800-1900) quadruplet3. (1900-2000) quadriceps |
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