Word · Frequency #1802
squarer
直接地；径直地
squarer is the comparative of square.
Directly.
- 1.
Directly.
直接地。
直接地。；成直角地；对准地
In use
He looked me square in the eye and told the truth.
The ball hit the wall square in the center.
She stopped square in the middle of the road.
look sb square in the eye
square 强调目光直视对方，不回避、不躲闪。
She looked me square in the eye and lied.
她直视着我的眼睛说了谎。
hit sb/sth square on [body part]
square 用来加强语气，表示“不偏不倚地”，常用于打击或碰撞。
The ball hit me square on the nose.
球正好打在我的鼻子上。
land square in [place]
square in 表示位置恰好处于某处的正中。
The arrow landed square in the center of the target.
箭正好射在靶心中央。
Common mistakes
He square hit the ball into the net.He hit the ball square into the net.
square 作副词表示“直接地”时，通常放在动词/宾语之后，如 hit the ball square，而不是像汉语“直接打”那样放在动词之前；把 square 移到宾语后面才符合英语语序。
She looked me square in eye.She looked me square in the eye.
look someone square in the eye 是固定搭配，eye 前必须有定冠词 the；汉语没有冠词系统，学习者容易漏掉，加上 the 后才是正确的英语表达。
The ball hit me square on the face.The ball hit me square in the face.
表示“正中脸部”的固定搭配是 hit someone square in the face，介词用 in 而不用 on；受汉语“在脸上”的影响，学习者常误用 on，改成 in 才符合英语习惯。
Connections
Collocations
- look somebody square in the eye
- 直视某人的眼睛
- She looked me square in the eye and told me the truth.她直视着我的眼睛，跟我说了实话。
- hit somebody square on the jaw
- 正打在某人下巴上
- The punch hit him square on the jaw.那一拳正打在他的下巴上。
- sit square in the middle
- 正好坐在中间
- The cat sat square in the middle of the road.那只猫正好坐在路中间。
- face something square on
- 正面面对某事
- You need to face the problem square on.你需要正面面对这个问题。
- land square on
- 正好落在……上
- The ball landed square on the line.球正好落在线上。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
square本义是“方形”，副词表“直接地”，想象两人正对成直角，不绕弯子。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：直视某人、击中某处、正对中心 作为副词表示“直接地”时，通常用于口语或叙事性描写，常跟在 look、hit、stare 等动词后，带有直接、有力的语气；正式书面语中更常用 directly。请根据具体搭配选择自然用法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These all rhyme with square /skwɛr/: the -are ending in care, dare, share, bare, and stare sounds like /ɛr/; wear is also a rhyme despite the -ear spelling. Beware lookalikes such as squire /skwaɪər/, which starts with the same squ- spelling but does not rhyme.
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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