Word · Frequency #7702
cube
立方体;立方形物体
a solid shape with six square faces; any object shaped like this
- 1.
A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
一个正六面体,具有六个相同的正方形面。
- 2.
A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
小隔间,尤指办公室里的那种。
- 3.
a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
六个面均为相等正方形的六面体
- 4.
Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
任何大致呈立方体形状的物体。
- 5.
a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
具有六个正方形或矩形面的三维形状
- 6.
The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
一个数、值、项或表达式的三次方。
- 7.
the product of three equal terms
三个相等项的乘积
- 8.
A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
由三维数组构成的数据结构;数据立方体。
- 9.
A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
魔方类益智玩具,不一定是立方体形状。
魔方;立方;三次幂;小隔间;格子间;数据立方体;一个正六面体,具有六个相同的正方形面。
In use
The child stacked the cubes into a tower.
The cube has six faces, eight vertices, and twelve edges.
She cut the cheese into small cubes for the salad.
a cube of + [material]
表示一块立方体形状的物质
She added a cube of sugar to her coffee.
她往咖啡里加了一块方糖。
the cube of + [number]
数学用语,表示某数的三次幂
The cube of 3 is 27.
3的立方是27。
Common mistakes
I have cube of sugar.I have a cube of sugar.
中文中没有冠词系统,所以学习者容易遗漏英语中的不定冠词'a'或'an'。此句中'cube'是可数名词,表示一个立方体,必须加冠词。
Connections
Collocations
- ice cube
- 冰块
- She dropped an ice cube into her drink.她往饮料里放了一块冰块。
- cube root
- 立方根
- The cube root of 27 is 3.27的立方根是3。
- sugar cube
- 方糖
- He added two sugar cubes to his coffee.他在咖啡里加了两块方糖。
- cube of
- …的立方
- The cube of 4 is 64.4的立方是64。
- cube-shaped
- 立方体形状的
- The building is cube-shaped with large windows.这座建筑是立方体形状的,有大窗户。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
立方体cube像骰子,六个面都是正方形。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:数学、几何、日常物品 通常用于描述形状或数学计算,在正式和日常语境中都常见。
Grammar Note
作可数名词,常与of连用,表示'一块/立方'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ube (tube, lube, rube) rhyme with cube. Cute shares the initial /kj/ but ends with /uːt/, not /uːb/. Cub looks similar but has a short /ʌ/ vowel.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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