英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 使成正方形;使成四方形[直角];把(木材等)加工成四方形

2. 2. 使方正,使平正

3. 3. [海] 使(帆桁)與龍骨成直角

4. 4. (划船時)使(槳葉)垂直入水,直(槳)

5. 5. 挺直(肩、腰)

   square one's shoulders [elbows]

   挺起胸膛[支開胳膊肘](吵架等的姿勢).

6. 6. [數] 使作自乘;求…的面積;求…的平方

   Three squared is nine. 3

   的平方是9.

7. 7. …調整,改正;使符合,使一致

8. 8. (根據標準)糾正,矯正

9. 9. 確定(航路)

10. 10. 結清

11. 11. 報復

    square accounts with

    與清算帳目;向…報復.

12. 12. 使(比賽)打成平局

13. 13. [口] 賄賂,通過賄賂辦成

14. 14. [俚] 為…賠不是,為…道歉[謝罪]



15. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
    1. 成直角

16. 2. (拳擊中)擺好架式;勇敢地面對,正視(困難)

    square up to difficulties [problems]

    正視困難[問題].

17. 3. 一致,符合,吻合

18. 4. 結清,付訖

    square up with a waiter

    與侍者結帳.

19. 5. (比賽中)打成平局



20. n. (名詞 noun)
    1. 正方形;正方形物

21. 2. (西洋棋盤等上的)方格

    move 2 squares forward

    向前移兩個格.

22. 3. 方形廣場

23. 4. 街心廣場

24. 5. 街心廣場周圍的建築物

    They live at No. 30 Russell Square.

    他們住在羅塞爾廣場三十號.

25. 6. [美] (城市內建築物的周邊被馬路圍住的)街區

    The house is two squares down.

    那座房子在兩個街區外.

26. 7. (街區相對兩條街之間的)街距

27. 8. [美] (報紙廣告欄等的)一塊

28. 9. 棉蕾

29. 10. (從前軍隊的)方陣

30. 11. 一方 一百平方英尺,房屋地面、屋頂等的計量單位

31. 12. [數] 平方,二次冪

32. 13. 成直角的東西[狀態]

33. 14. 矩尺,丁字尺,直角尺,曲尺

34. 15. [廢] 規矩,準則

35. 16. [裝釘] (精裝書封面的)餘邊突出邊

36. 17. (劃船時槳葉同水面相垂直的)直槳

37. 18. [占星] 方照

38. 19. [口] 落後於時代的人,古板守舊的人,不諳時尚的人;非常土氣的人;易受騙上當的人

39. 20. [美‧俚] 不贊成吸毒的人

40. 21. [口] 大餐,飽餐

41. 22. [美‧俚] 香菸 區別於大麻香菸等



42. adv. (副詞 adverb)
    1. 成正方形;成直角

43. 2. [足‧曲棍球] 以橫傳方式

44. 3. [口] 面對面地,正面地;堅定地,堅實不動地

45. 4. [口] 正直地,公正地



46. adj. (形容詞 adjective)
    1. 正方形的,四方形的

47. 2. 四角的;截面為方形的

48. 3. (肩膀等)寬闊結實的,寬厚的

49. 4. [舞‧紙牌] 四人一組的

50. 5. 成直角的,直角的

51. 6. [海] 橫的,(帆桁)與龍骨成直角的

52. 7. [板球] 與擊球手成直角位置的

53. 8. [足‧曲棍球] 橫傳的

54. 9. [數] 二乘的,平方的

55. 10. (面積)平方的

    144 square inches equals 1 square foot

    144平方英吋等於1平方英呎

56. 11. 各邊長…的

    a room ten feet square

57. 12. 筆直的,水平的,平行的

58. 13. (馬的步子)平穩的,堅實的

59. 14. 同等的,一樣的

60. 15. 打平的,平局的

61. 16. 適合的,正好的

62. 17. 結清借貸的,兩訖的

    get one's accounts square with sb

    還清某人的帳.

63. 18. (拒絕等)直截了當的,乾脆的

64. 19. 光明正大的,正直的;正當的;公正的,公平的

65. 20. [口] (飯菜等)豐盛的,令人大快朵頤的

    square meal.

    大餐,飽餐,豐盛的一餐

66. 21. [口] 古板守舊的,落後於時代的,老派的,拘謹的

柯林斯英英辭典

n. (noun)

1. a plane geometric figure having four equal sides and four right angles - Compare rectangle rhombus

2. any object, part, or arrangement having this or a similar shape

a square of carpet

a square on a chess board

3. [capital when part of name] an open area in a town, sometimes including the surrounding buildings, which may form a square

4. [maths] the product of two equal factors; the second power

9 is the square of 3, written 3²

5. an instrument having two strips of wood, metal, etc, set in the shape of a T or L, used for constructing or testing right angles

6. [cricket] the closely-cut area in the middle of a ground on which wickets are prepared

7. a body of soldiers drawn up in the form of a square

8. [rowing] the position of the blade of an oar perpendicular to the surface of the water just before and during a stroke

9. [informal] a person who is old-fashioned in views, customs, appearance, etc

10. [astrology] an aspect of about 90° between two planets, etc - Compare conjunction opposition trine

11. [obsolete] a standard, pattern, or rule

adj. (adjective)

1. being a square in shape

2. having or forming one or more right angles or being at right angles to something

3. square or rectangular in section

a square bar

4. [prenominal] denoting a measure of area of any shape

a circle of four square feet

5. [immediately postpositive] denoting a square having a specified length on each side

a board four feet square contains 16 square feet

6. fair and honest (esp in the phrase a square deal)

7. straight, even, or level

a square surface

8. [cricket] at right angles to the wicket

square leg

9. [sport] in a straight line across the pitch

a square pass

10. [nautical] (of the sails of a square-rigger) set at right angles to the keel

11. [informal] old-fashioned in views, customs, appearance, etc

12. stocky or sturdy

square shoulders

13. [postpositive] having no remaining debts or accounts to be settled

14. (of a horse's gait) sound, steady, or regular

15. [prenominal] unequivocal or straightforward

a square contradiction

16. [postpositive] neat and tidy

17. [maths] (of a matrix) having the same number of rows and columns

vb

1. [mainly tr] to make into a square or similar shape

2. [maths] to raise (a number or quantity) to the second power

3. to test or adjust for deviation with respect to a right angle, plane surface, etc

4. [sometimes foll by off] to divide into squares

5. to position so as to be rectangular, straight, or level

square the shoulders

6. [sometimes foll by up] to settle (debts, accounts, etc)

7. to level (the score) in a game, etc

8. [also intr; often foll by with] to agree or cause to agree

your ideas don't square with mine

9. [rowing] to turn (an oar) perpendicular to the surface of the water just before commencing a stroke

10. (in canoeing) to turn (a paddle) perpendicular to the direction of the canoe at the commencement of a stroke - Compare feather

11. to arrange (something), esp by a corrupt method or come to an arrangement with (someone), as by bribery

adv. (adverb)

1. in order to be square

2. at right angles

3. [sport] in a straight line across the pitch

pass the ball square

4. [informal] squarely

5. See also square away square off square up

6. [Etymology] C13: from Old French esquare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra (unattested), from Latin ex¹ + quadrare to make square; see quadrant