| 单词 | quadrangle |
| 释义 | quadrangle —quadrangled, adj. /kwod"rang'geuhl/, n. 1. a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square. 2. a square or quadrangular space or court that is surrounded by a building or buildings, as on a college campus. 3. the building or buildings around such a space or court. 4. the area shown on one of the standard topographic map sheets published by the U.S. Geological Survey: approximately 17 mi. (27 km) north to south and from 11 to 15 mi. (17 to 24 km) east to west. [1400-50; late ME < LL quadrangulum, n. use of neut. of L quadrangulus, quadriangulus four-cornered. See QUADR-, ANGLE] |
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