Square

[skweə] or [skwɛr]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles; 'the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square'.

(noun.) any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles; 'a checkerboard has 64 squares'.

(noun.) a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views.

(noun.) someone who doesn't understand what is going on.

(noun.) the product of two equal terms; 'nine is the second power of three'; 'gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance'.

(noun.) (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'.

(noun.) something approximating the shape of a square.

(verb.) make square; 'Square the circle'; 'square the wood with a file'.

(verb.) raise to the second power.

(verb.) position so as to be square; 'He squared his shoulders'.

(verb.) pay someone and settle a debt; 'I squared with him'.

(verb.) be compatible with; 'one idea squares with another'.

(verb.) cause to match, as of ideas or acts.

(adj.) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned .

(adj.) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; 'a square peg in a round hole'; 'a square corner' .

(adj.) without evasion or compromise; 'a square contradiction'; 'he is not being as straightforward as it appears' .

(adj.) leaving no balance; 'my account with you is now all square' .

艾德琳校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The corner, or angle, of a figure.

(n.) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.

(n.) Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so

(n.) A square piece or fragment.

(n.) A pane of glass.

(n.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.

(n.) One hundred superficial feet.

(n.) An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets.

(n.) An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.

(n.) Hence, a pattern or rule.

(n.) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 / 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2 + 2ab + b2.

(n.) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.

(n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.

(n.) Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.

(n.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.

(n.) The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.

(n.) The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.

(a.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.

(a.) Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.

(a.) Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.

(a.) Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.

(a.) Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.

(a.) Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.

(a.) Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.

(a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.

(n.) To form with four sides and four right angles.

(n.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.

(n.) To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.

(n.) To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.

(n.) To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.

(n.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.

(n.) To hold a quartile position respecting.

(n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.

(v. i.) To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.

(v. i.) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

(v. i.) To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.

汉娜錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Quadrilateral and equi-angular.[2]. Perpendicular, making a right angle.[3]. Just, honest, fair, equitable, upright, exact, equal.[4]. Adjusted, balanced, settled, even.

n. [1]. Four-sided figure (with equal sides and angles), quadrate.[2]. Square number.[3]. Open area (in a city or town).[4]. (Arch.) One hundred superficial feet.

v. a. [1]. Make square.[2]. Regulate, adapt, fit, suit, accommodate.[3]. Adjust, settle, close, balance.[4]. (Arith.) Multiply into itself.

v. n. Suit, fit, accord, harmonize, quadrate, comport, cohere, chime in, fall in.

校對:杜鲁门

解釋/意思:

fitting: true that does equal justice fair honest: even leaving no balance settled as accounts: directly opposed complete unequivocal: solid full satisfying.—n. that which is square: a square figure: a four-sided space enclosed by houses: a square body of troops: the length of the side of any figure squared: an instrument for measuring right angles: (arith.) the product of a quantity multiplied by itself: due proportion order honesty equity fairness.—v.t. to form like a square: to form with four equal sides and angles: (arith.) to multiply by itself: to reduce to any given measure or standard to adjust regulate: (naut.) to place at right angles with the mast or keel.—v.i. to suit fit: to accord or agree: to take an attitude of offence and defence as a boxer.—adj. Square′-built of a square build or shape.—adv. Square′ly in a square form or manner.—ns. Square′-meas′ure a system of measures applied to surfaces of which the unit is the square of the lineal unit; Square′ness.—adj. Square′-pierced (her.) designating a charge perforated with a square opening so as to show the field.—n. Squā′rer one who or that which squares: (Shak.) a fighting quarrelsome person.—adj. Square′-rigged having the chief sails square and extended by yards suspended by the middle at right angles to the masts—opposed to Fore-and-aft.—ns. Square′-root that root which being multiplied into itself produces the given number or quantity; Square′-sail a four-sided sail extended by yards suspended by the middle at right angles to the mast.—adj. Square′-toed.—n. Square′-toes an old-fashioned punctilious person.—adj. Squā′rish.—Square the circle to determine the area of a circle in square measure.—On the square honestly.

編輯:耶鲁