| 单词 | square |
| 释义 | square (once / 69 pages) 1nadjadvv 2n 3nv 4adjadv 5nadj 6adjv 7adj 8v A square is a figure with four equal sides and four right angles. It's a popular shape for windows and record albums, among many other things. Square has many different metaphorical uses. Old towns had square open areas for meetings, so now "town square" means meeting place, even if it's not shaped exactly like a square. If you settle your debts, you square them, and if someone calls you a square, they mean you're boring, rule-abiding, and lame. In math, a square is the product of something multiplied by itself. If you square your plans with someone, you line them up. WORD FAMILYsquare: squared, squarely, squareness, squarer, squares, squarest, squaring, squarish+/squareness: squarenesses/squarish: squarishly USAGE EXAMPLESThe video broadcast on Turkish television Tuesday shows the alleged gunman filming himself at Taksim square. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The work also included adding nearly 13,000 square feet of interior space and remodeling about 20,000 square feet of the existing terminal. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Raiders and Texans square off Saturday in a playoff game that might be called The Quarterback Bowl. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides Syn|Hypo|Hyper foursquare quadrate a square-shaped object regular polygon a polygon with all sides and all angles equal rectanglea parallelogram with four right angles 2n something approximating the shape of a square Hyper form, shape the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance 3n any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles a checkerboard has 64 squares Hyper artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole 4n an open area at the meeting of two or more streets Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper public square Trafalgar Square a square in central London where there is a memorial to Admiral Nelson piazza, place, plaza a public square with room for pedestrians parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract an extended area of land 5adj having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle a square peg in a round hole a square corner Syn|Ant quadrate having four sides and four angles right-angledforming a right angle or containing one or more right angles squaredhaving been made square squarishsomewhat square in appearance or form angular, angulatehaving angles or an angular shape circular, round having a circular shape apple-shapedhaving the general shape of an apple ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, sphericalhaving the shape of a sphere or ball barrel-shapedhaving the general shape of a barrel bulb-shaped, bulblike, bulbousshaped like a bulb capitatebeing abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip coccoidspherical; like a coccus cumuliformshaped like a cumulus cloud disc-shaped, disclike, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklikehaving a flat circular shape goblet-shapedresembling the shape of a goblet moon-round, moonlikeresembling the moon in shape nutlikeresembling a nut in shape and size pancake-likeresembling a pancake in shape pear-shapedhaving a round shape tapered at one end pinwheel-shapedhaving the round shape of a pinwheel ringlikehaving the shape of a ring roundishsomewhat round in appearance or form wheel-likeround like a wheel roundedcurving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged 6adv in a square shape folded the sheet of paper square Syn squarely 7v make square Square the circle square the wood with a file Syn|Hyper square up form, shape give shape or form to 8v position so as to be square 2He squared his shoulders Hypo|Hyper even up, jog, square up even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing position cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation n a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles 3the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square Hypo|Hyper carpenter's square a steel square used by carpenters; larger than a try square try squarea square having a metal ruler set at right angles to another straight piece T-squarea square used by draftsmen to draw parallel lines set squarea try square with an adjustable sliding head hand tool a tool used with workers' hands 1n the product of two equal terms gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance Syn|Hyper second power number a concept of quantity involving zero and units 2v raise to the second power 4Hyper multiply combine by multiplication 1adj characterized by honesty and fairness a square deal Syn|Ant straight honest, honorable not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent lawfulconformable to or allowed by law aboveboard, straightforwardwithout concealment or deception; honest guileless, transparentfree of deceit straightarrowconventionally moral and upright corrupt, crooked not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive dishonest, dishonorabledeceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive unlawfulcontrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law sneaky, underhand, underhandedmarked by deception 2adj without evasion or compromise a square contradiction Syn straight, straightforward direct straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action 3adv in a straight direct way ran square into me Syn squarely 4adv firmly and solidly 5planted his great bulk square before his enemy Syn squarely 1n a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views Syn|Hyper square toes conservative, conservativist a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas 2n someone who doesn't understand what is going on Syn|Hyper lame simple, simpleton a person lacking intelligence or common sense 3adj rigidly conventional or old-fashioned 6Syn straight conventional unimaginative and conformist 1adj leaving no balance my account with you is now all square Syn paid marked by the reception of pay 2v pay someone and settle a debt I squared with him Hyper settle dispose of; make a financial settlement 3v cause to match, as of ideas or acts Hyper adapt, adjust, conform adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions 4v be compatible with 7one idea squares with another Hyper agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics adj providing abundant nourishment 8four square meals a day Syn hearty, satisfying, solid, substantial wholesome conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being 1v turn the oar, while rowing Syn|Hyper feather row propel with oars 2v turn the paddle; in canoeing Syn|Hyper feather paddle propel with a paddle |
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