音标:[skweə(r)] ;
adj. 正方形的;四方的;成直角的;规规矩矩的
adv. 四四方方地;成直角地;成方形地;笔直地
n. (方形)广场;〈美〉(四面都是马路的)方阵建筑;街区
v. 扯平;收买;修正;把…弄成方形
[网络] 平方;方块;史克威尔

square的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The little girl drew a square on the paper.小女孩在纸上画了一个正方形。
  2. Everybody goes to this vast square in the evening.每天傍晚,人人都上这宽阔的广场上来。
  3. The crowds in the square were elated by the news.这消息使广场上的人群欢欣鼓舞。
  4. 25 is a perfect square of 5.25是5的完全平方。
  5. The carpenter who built this room must have lost his square.建这座房子的人一定丢了他的直角尺。
  6. I'm basically a bit of a square.我是比较古板的。
用作形容词(adj.)
  1. A handkerchief is usually square.手帕通常是正方形的。
  2. I remembered he'd been top of his class, so he was bound to have grown up into a square workaholic.我记得他以前一直是班上的尖子,所以他一定长成了个古板的工作狂。
  3. A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方颚是性格坚定的象征。
  4. The mayor is a man of square frame.市长是个体格魁梧的人。
  5. I ask no odds, I just want you to be fair and square.我不要求特殊照顾,我只要求您公正。
  6. They offered to buy his farm but met a square refusal.他们出价要买他的农场,但遭到断然拒绝。
用作动词(v.)
  1. His conduct does not square with his words.他言行不一致。
  2. I must square my account with you.我必须和你结清我的帐目。
  3. There is only one person besides ourselves who knows anything about this affair, and it shouldn't be difficult to square him.除了我们自己,只有一个人知道这件事,收买他应该不难。
  4. Square the page off with your ruler.用尺在这页纸上打上方格。
  5. 3 squared is 9.3的平方是9。
  6. Dear, you have to square your way to eat.亲爱的,你得改一下你吃饭的姿势。
用作副词(adv.)
  1. The road turned square to the left.这条路成直角向左转去。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. The tools are in a square box.工具放在一个方盒中。
  2. There is a square table in the room.屋子里有一张方桌。
  3. 144 square inches equals 1 square foot.144平方英寸等于1平方英尺。
  4. I would estimate the size of the garden at 100 square metres.据我看,这花园总面积100平方米左右。
  5. The dam collapsed, flooding an area of five thousand square miles.水坝垮塌,洪水淹没了面积达5000平方英里的地区。
  6. The city covered ten square miles.这个城市面积有10平方英里。
  7. Many square miles of land in this low-lying country have been reclaimed from the sea.这个低地国家已经填海开拓出许多平方英里的土地。
  8. The square root of 144 is 12.144的平方根是12。
  9. You will get a square deal at this shop.在这家商店里你可以得到公平的交易。
  10. Meet with a square refusal.断然拒绝。
  11. He is a square peg in a round hole when he is playing tennis.他是一个不适合玩网球的人。
n. +~
  1. A carpet six metres square has an area of 36 square metres.一块6米见方的地毯面积是36平方米。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. A handkerchief is usually square.手绢通常是正方形的。
  2. It is neither round nor square.它既不是圆的,也不是方的。
  3. When he pays me back we'll be square.当他把钱还给我时,我们就把账结清了。
  4. The scores are square.他们的比分是一样的。
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
  1. That team beat us last time,but we'll soon be square with them.上次那队胜了我们,不过很快我们就会和他们打成平局。
  2. She's rather square in what she likes.她所喜欢的东西都相当老式。
  3. That shelf isn't quite square with the other one, can you straighten it?这块搁板同另一块不平,你能把它弄平吗?
用作宾语补足语S+V+O+~
  1. You had better get your accounts square today.你最好今天把账结清。
用作名词(n.)
  1. She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
  2. Can you describe a circle within a square?你能在正方形里做一圆圈吗?
  3. Ask each student to draw 16 squares on a piece of paper.要求每个学生在纸上画16个正方形。
  4. The square of three is nine.3的平方是9。
  5. That picture was hung a bit out of square.那幅画挂得有点歪。
  6. The T-shaped square will answer for our needs.这把丁字尺将满足我们的需要。
  7. Mary broke off some of a square of biscuit to give to the children.玛丽把一方块饼干掰开分给孩子们。
  8. He moved his castle two squares forward.他把车向前移了两个方格。
  9. The troops were drawn up in a square.军队布成了一个方阵。
  10. The town council decided to pave the square before the Hall.市议会决定把市政厅前的广场铺上石板。
  11. Platoon sergeants fell their men in on the barrack square.排长们在营房广场整理队伍。
  12. The battalion formed up by companies on the barrack square.全营以连为单位在军营操场上列队。
  13. The market square centers the village.村子的中央有个集市广场。
  14. People poured into the Red Square from all parts of the city.人们从全市各区涌向红场。
  15. He noticed a crowd of people shouting and cheering in Trafalgar Square.他看到一群人在特拉法加广场上欢呼喊叫。
  16. They illuminated the People's Square in Shanghai with bright lights.他们用明亮的灯光把上海人民广场照得通亮。
  17. This square is full of stores.这个街区到处是商店。
  18. We expect you to act on the square.我们希望你会诚实公平地行事。
用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. They squared a block of granite.他们把一块花岗岩加工成四方形。
  2. The money will square him.这钱可以让他还清账了。
  3. Britain won the second match to square the series at one each.英国队赢了第二场,使双方打成了平局。
  4. You'll have to square the clerk if you want a licence quickly.你要快速地得到执照就得贿赂办事员。
  5. Let us square our accounts.让我们把账清算一下。
用作宾补动词S+~+ n./pron. +to- v
  1. He has been squared to hold his tongue.他已经被钱封住了嘴。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
square away (v.+adv.)
    整理好,处理好 put in ordersquare sth ⇔ away

    The living room was squared away for the guests.

    为了迎接客人,起居室已经整理好了。

square off (v.+adv.)
    摆出赛拳的架势 put a boxing posturesquare off

    The two boxers squared off when the bell rang.

    当铃响的时候,两位拳击手摆出赛拳的架势。

square up with(v.+adv.+prep.)
    算账 do or work out accounts; make out billssquare up with sb

    It is high time I squared up with you.

    现在该是我与你算账的时候了。

square with (v.+prep.)
    与…相符 find or cause agreement between sth and sth elsesquare with sth

    It would be convenient if the facts square with the theory,but they do not.

    如果事实与理论相符合,那就好了,可惜并非如此。

    square sth with sth

    The problem was how to square such face with the demands of the law.

    问题是如何既保全面子又符合法律。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • draw a square画个正方形
  • make a square画个正方形
形容词+~
  • set square三角板
  • solid square实心方阵
  • T-shaped square丁字尺
  • public square公共广场
  • town square城镇广场
介词+~
  • by the square恰好地
  • on the square成直角,正直公平地
  • out of square不成直角
~+介词
  • a square of glass一块方玻璃
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • square a block of granite把一块花岗岩加工成四方形
  • square the clerk贿赂办事员
~+副词
  • square cautiously慎重地贿赂
  • square dearly以昂贵的代价贿赂
  • square freely随意地贿赂
  • square hurriedly匆忙地贿赂
  • square moderately适度地贿赂
  • square away整理好
  • square off摆出赛拳的架势
~+介词
  • square up with算账
  • square with与…不符

经典引文

  • Sleeping every night in Bryanston Square.

    出自:C. M. Yonge
  • The..house-door opened on the square yard or quadrangle.

    出自:T. Hardy
  • The bailiff had squared his conscience..according to the law.

    出自:Henry Fielding
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