squares

英 [skweəz]

美 [skwerz]

n.  正方形; 四方形; 正方形物; (通常为方形的)广场; 平方; 二次幂
v.  使成正方形; 使成四方形; 使成平方; 使成二次幂; 挺直身子; 挺起胸膛
square的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 正方形;四方形
  Asquareis a shape with four sides that are all the same length and four corners that are all right angles.
  1. Serve the cake warm or at room temperature, cut in squares...
     等蛋糕温热或凉至室温时切成四方块端上桌。
  2. There was a calendar on the wall, with large squares around the dates...
     墙上有一幅日历，每个日期都用大方框框着。
  3. Most of the rugs are simple cotton squares.
     多数小地毯是简单的棉质方块垫。
• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (通常为方形的)广场
  In a town or city, asquareis a flat open place, often in the shape of a square.
  1. The house is located in one of Pimlico's prettiest garden squares...
     房子位于皮姆利科最美丽的一个花园广场上。
  2. The town centre is thick with churches and cafe-lined squares.
     市中心随处都是教堂和被咖啡店包围的广场。
  3. ...St Mark's Square.
     圣马克广场
• ADJ-GRADED 正方形的;方的
  Something that issquarehas a shape the same as a square or similar to a square.
  1. Round tables seat more people in the same space as a square table...
     在相同的空间里，圆桌比起方桌可以坐下更多的人。
  2. His finger nails were square and cut neatly across.
     他的手指甲是方形的，修剪得很齐。
• ADJ (用于长度单位前表示面积)平方的
  Squareis used before units of length when referring to the area of something. For example, if something is three metres long and two metres wide, its area is six square metres.
  1. Canary Wharf was set to provide 10 million square feet of office space...
     金丝雀码头计划要提供 1,000 万平方英尺的办公面积。
  2. The Philippines has just 6,000 square kilometres of forest left.
     菲律宾只剩下 6,000 平方公里的森林了。
• ADJ (用于长度面积后表示四方形物的边长)长宽为…的
  Squareis used after units of length when you are giving the length of each side of something that is square in shape.
  1. ...a linen cushion cover, 45 cm square.
     一个亚麻靠垫套，长宽为 45 厘米
  2. ...two pieces of wood 4 inches square.
     两块长宽均为 4 英寸的木片
• VERB 使成二次幂;将(数字)平方
  Tosquarea number means to multiply it by itself. For example,3 squaredis 3 x 3, or 9.3 squaredis usually written as 32.
  1. Take the time in seconds, square it, and multiply by 5.12...
     记下用了多少秒时间，将其平方，再乘以5.12。
  2. A squared plus B squared equals C squared.
     A 的平方加上 B 的平方等于 C 的平方。
• N-COUNT 二次幂;平方
  Thesquare ofa number is the number produced when you multiply that number by itself. For example, the square of 3 is 9.
  1. ...the square of the speed of light, an exceedingly large number.
     光速的平方，一个天文数字
• V-ERG (使)(不同想法或行动)协调一致
  If yousquaretwo different ideas or actionswitheach other or if theysquare witheach other, they fit or match each other.
  1. That explanation squares with the facts, doesn't it...
     那个解释和事实相符，不是吗？
  2. He set out to square his dreams with reality.
     他开始让自己的梦想接近现实。
• VERB 就…征得…的同意
  If yousquaresomethingwithsomeone, you ask their permission or check with them that what you are doing is acceptable to them.
  1. I squared it with Dan, who said it was all right so long as I was back next Monday morning...
     我征得了丹的同意，他说只要我下周一早上能回来就行。
  2. She should have squared things with Jay before she went into this business with Walker.
     她本该在和沃克联手进入这一行之前先征得杰伊的同意。
• See also:squaredsquarely
• PHRASE 将圆的变成方的;做不可能做到的事
  If you say that someonesquares the circle, you mean that they bring together two things which are normally thought to be so different that they cannot exist together.
  1. He has squared the circle of keeping the City happy and doing something to improve business cash flow...
     他做到了不可能做到的事，既让伦敦城满意，又增加了企业的现金流量。
  2. 'Nirvana' squared the circle by making a record that was both superb pop and rock music at the same time.
     “涅磐”乐队做到了不可能做到的事，录制了一张既有流行风又带有摇滚范儿的唱片。
• PHRASE (因行动失败而)重新开始，重起炉灶
  If you areback to square one, you have to start dealing with something from the beginning again because the way you were dealing with it has failed.
  1. If your complaint is not upheld, you may feel you are back to square one...
     如果你的投诉没有得到支持，你可能会感到自己又得重新开始。
  2. We got a phone call from the lawyers and is was back to square one.
     我们接到了律师的一个电话，一切又得从头开始。
• PHRASE 不适宜做某工作的人;与环境格格不入的人
  If you describe someone as asquare peg in a round hole, you mean that they are completely unsuitable for the job they are doing or the situation they are in.
  1. Taylor is clearly the wrong man for the job—a square peg in a round hole.
     泰勒显然不是做这份工作的合适人选——简直就是方枘圆凿。
• fair and square→ see:fair

双语例句

• You should probably stitch this one over two or more squares of Aida fabric.
  你或许应该多缝这两个或两个以上的阿依达织物的广场之一。
• The parks and squares looked grim under a mantle of soot and ash.
  在一层烟尘的笼罩之下，公园和广场显得阴沉沉的。
• In the city squares the neon lights flashed in turn.
  在城市广场上，霓虹灯依次闪烁。
• These are the two metals I used for the squares on the chess board.
  这是我为两个金属棋盘上使用的平方。
• The two squares are equal in size; this one is equal to that one.
  这两个正方形的大小是一样的；这个和那个一样大。
• Most of the rugs are simple cotton squares.
  多数小地毯是简单的棉质方块垫。
• A new method based on the total least squares is proposed for sinusoidal retrieval.
  本文提出了一种提取噪声中正弦信号的总体最小二乘方法。
• These hundreds of green squares, marked by their black lava walls, make the hills look like vast chequerboards.
  这些成千成百的绿方块，都由黑熔岩石墙划分出来，使得山岭就好像巨大的棋盘一样。
• The constituent squares in a squared rectangle have commensurable sides.
  在方化矩形中，组成矩形的各个正方形有可公度的边。
• There was a calendar on the wall above, with large squares around the dates.
  上面的墙上挂着日历，日期上画着大大的方框。