| 单词 | quad |
| 释义 | quad (once / 3723 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n A quad is a rectangular shaped area, especially on a university campus, that's enclosed by buildings. Your college friend might tell you to meet her in the quad after lunch. Quad is an abbreviation, most commonly short for quadrangle, a kind of four-sided courtyard usually defined by a large lawn and surrounded by buildings. Another kind of quad — also an abbreviation — is the large muscle in the top of your thigh, more formally known as a quadriceps muscle. Quadrangle and its nickname, quad, were 1800's Oxford slang, from the Latin root quadri, or "four." WORD FAMILYquad: quads USAGE EXAMPLESBy way of comparison, in one year, 2011, the United States used about 97 quads. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) He missed two of the final three games with an injury to his left quad and didn’t even log a carry in the first game. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) The seventh-year power forward played in just 35 games last season because injuries to his left quad and right hand. Los Angeles Times(Dec 18, 2016) 1 n a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings 2Syn|Hyper quadrangle area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function n (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper space hair space (printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters type a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper n one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy 4Syn|Hyper quadruplet sib, sibling a person's brother or sister n a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg Syn|Hyper musculus quadriceps femoris, quadriceps, quadriceps femoris extensor, extensor muscle a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part |
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