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N-COUNT
正方形;四方形
A square is a shape with four sides that are all the same length and four corners that are all right angles.
例句
Serve the cake warm or at room temperature, cut in squares...
等蛋糕溫熱或涼至室溫時切成四方塊端上桌。
There was a calendar on the wall, with large squares around the dates...
墻上有一幅日歷，每個日期都用大方框框著。
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N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES
(通常為方形的)廣場
In a town or city, a square is a flat open place, often in the shape of a square.
例句
The house is located in one of Pimlico's prettiest garden squares...
房子位于皮姆利科最美麗的一個花園廣場上。
The town centre is thick with churches and cafe-lined squares.
市中心隨處都是教堂和被咖啡店包圍的廣場。
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ADJ-GRADED
正方形的;方的
Something that is square has a shape the same as a square or similar to a square.
例句
Round tables seat more people in the same space as a square table...
在相同的空間里，圓桌比起方桌可以坐下更多的人。
His finger nails were square and cut neatly across.
他的手指甲是方形的，修剪得很齊。
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ADJ
(用于長度單位前表示面積)平方的
Square is 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.
例句
Canary Wharf was set to provide 10 million square feet of office space...
金絲雀碼頭計劃要提供 1,000 萬平方英尺的辦公面積。
The Philippines has just 6,000 square kilometres of forest left.
菲律賓只剩下 6,000 平方公里的森林了。
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ADJ
(用于長度面積后表示四方形物的邊長)長寬為…的
Square is used after units of length when you are giving the length of each side of something that is square in shape.
例句
...a linen cushion cover, 45 cm square.
一個亞麻靠墊套，長寬為 45 厘米
...two pieces of wood 4 inches square.
兩塊長寬均為 4 英寸的木片
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VERB
使成二次冪;將(數字)平方
To square a number means to multiply it by itself. For example, 3 squared is 3 x 3, or 9. 3 squared is usually written as 32.
例句
Take the time in seconds, square it, and multiply by 5.12...
記下用了多少秒時間，將其平方，再乘以5.12。
A squared plus B squared equals C squared.
A 的平方加上 B 的平方等于 C 的平方。
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N-COUNT
二次冪;平方
The square of a number is the number produced when you multiply that number by itself. For example, the square of 3 is 9.
例句
...the square of the speed of light, an exceedingly large number.
光速的平方，一個天文數字
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V-ERG
(使)(不同想法或行動)協調一致
If you square two different ideas or actions with each other or if they square with each other, they fit or match each other.
例句
That explanation squares with the facts, doesn't it...
那個解釋和事實相符，不是嗎？
He set out to square his dreams with reality.
他開始讓自己的夢想接近現實。
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VERB
就…征得…的同意
If you square something with someone, you ask their permission or check with them that what you are doing is acceptable to them.
例句
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，他說只要我下周一早上能回來就行。
She should have squared things with Jay before she went into this business with Walker.
她本該在和沃克聯手進入這一行之前先征得杰伊的同意。
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PHRASE
將圓的變成方的;做不可能做到的事
If you say that someone squares the circle, you mean that they bring together two things which are normally thought to be so different that they cannot exist together.
例句
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，既讓倫敦城滿意，又增加了企業的現金流量。
'Nirvana' squared the circle by making a record that was both superb pop and rock music at the same time.
“涅磐”樂隊做到了不可能做到的事，錄制了一張既有流行風又帶有搖滾范兒的唱片。
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PHRASE
(因行動失敗而)重新開始，重起爐灶
If you are back to square one, you have to start dealing with something from the beginning again because the way you were dealing with it has failed.
例句
If your complaint is not upheld, you may feel you are back to square one...
如果你的投訴沒有得到支持，你可能會感到自己又得重新開始。
We got a phone call from the lawyers and is was back to square one.
我們接到了律師的一個電話，一切又得從頭開始。
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PHRASE
不適宜做某工作的人;與環境格格不入的人
If you describe someone as a square peg in a round hole, you mean that they are completely unsuitable for the job they are doing or the situation they are in.
例句
Taylor is clearly the wrong man for the job—a square peg in a round hole.
泰勒顯然不是做這份工作的合適人選——簡直就是方枘圓鑿。