Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #1802
square
正方形；方形物
a flat shape with four equal sides and four right angles, or an object with a square or nearly square form
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A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
- 2.
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
正方形:四边相等且四个直角的平面矩形；正四边形。
- 3.
Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
- 4.
the product of two equal terms
平方:两个相等项的乘积。
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An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
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an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
广场:两条或多条街道交汇处的开阔地带。
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An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
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The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
- 9.
A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki".
- 10.
A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
- 11.
The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
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A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
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A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
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A mortarboard.
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The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
- 16.
The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
- 17.
A vat used for fermentation.
广场；平方；二次幂；直角尺；角尺；方阵；平方（面积单位，等于100平方英尺，约9.3平方米）
In use
A square has four equal sides and four right angles.
From the air, the park looked like a perfect square.
Cut the paper into small squares before you make the origami.
you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides
gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
be a square
表示形状。
The field is a perfect square.
这块地是一个完美的正方形。
in a square
表示排列方式。
The tables were arranged in a square.
Connections
Collocations
- town square
- 城镇广场
- The town square is decorated for the festival.城镇广场为节日装饰起来了。
- square meter
- 平方米
- The apartment has 50 square meters of floor space.这套公寓有50平方米的居住面积。
- square root
- 平方根
- The square root of 9 is 3.9的平方根是3。
- public square
- 公共广场
- People gathered in the public square to protest.人们聚集在公共广场抗议。
- square shape
- 正方形
- The table has a square shape.这张桌子是正方形的。
- square footage
- 平方英尺数
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象正方形广场，四个直角，square代表方方正正。
Context & Register
Register: neutral. Contexts: geometry, everyday shapes. Note: 通常用于数学几何和日常描述，中性场合。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为squares。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with 'square' (ending in /ɛr/). Note that words like 'square' are spelled with -quare, while these are spelled with -are or -air. Be careful: words like 'bare' and 'bear' sound the same, but 'bare' has a different spelling pattern.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，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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