square 1 S2 W3 / skweə $ skwer / 形容词 #

1 shape having four straight equal sides and 90° angles at the corners :

a large square room

2 angle forming a 90° angle, or being close to or similar to a 90° angle :

square corners

3 square metre/mile etc an area of measurement equal to a square with sides a metre long, a mile long etc :

about four square metres of ground

4 five feet/two metres etc square having the shape of a square with sides that are five feet, two metres etc long :

The room is six metres square.

5 level [名词前不用] parallel with a straight line

square with

I don’t think the shelf is square with the floor.

6 square meal a good satisfying meal :

Children should have three square meals a day.

7 body if someone’s body or a part of their body is square, it looks broad and strong :

a square jaw

8 all square British English to have the same number of points as your opponent in a competition :

The teams were all square at the end of the first half.

9 (all) square informal if two people are square, they do not owe each other any money :

Here’s your £10 back, so that makes us square .

10 square deal honest and fair treatment from someone, especially in business :

I’m not getting a square deal here.

11 boring informal someone who is square is boring and old-fashioned

12 a square peg in a round hole informal someone who is in a job or situation that is not suitable for them

— squareness 名词 [不可数名词] → win (something)/beat somebody fair and square at fair 3 ( 1 )

square 2 S2 W3 noun [可数名词] #

1 shape a shape with four straight equal sides with 90° angles at the corners → rectangle :
First of all, draw a square. square of a small square of cloth 2 in a town a large open area in the centre of a town or city, usually in the shape of a square, or the buildings surrounding it main/market/town square The hotel is just off the main square of Sorrento. She lives in Hanover Square. 3 square one the situation from which you started to do something be back to/at square one The police are now back at square one in their investigation. go back to square one (= used when you start something again because you were not successful the first time ) Okay, let’s go back to square one and try again. from square one I’ve had to relearn the game from square one. 4 number the result of multiplying a number by itself → square root square of The square of 4 is 16. 5 in a game a space on a board used for playing a game such as chess 6 person informal someone who is considered boring and unfashionable SYN nerd 7 tool ( also set square ) a flat object with a straight edge, often shaped like an L, used for drawing or measuring 90° angles

square 3 verb [及物动词] #

1 multiply to multiply a number by itself 2 in a competition British English to win a point or game so that you have now won the same number of points or games as the other team or player :
India won the second match to square the series at one each. 3 square your shoulders to stand straight and push your shoulders back, usually to show your determination 4 make something straight to make something straight or parallel 5 square the circle to attempt something impossible

square something ↔ away phrasal verb [通常被动态] American English to finish something, especially by putting the last details in order :
Get your work squared away before you leave.

square off phrasal verb 1 square something ↔ off to make something have neat corners 2 American English to get ready to fight someone

square up phrasal verb 1 to pay money that you owe :
I’ll pay for the drinks and you can square up later. 2 British English to get ready to fight someone square up to The two lads squared up to each other. 3 square up to somebody/something to deal with a difficult situation or person in a determined way

square with phrasal verb 1 square (something) with something if you square two ideas, statements etc with each other or if they square with each other, they are considered to be in agreement :
His story simply does not square with the facts. How do you square that with your religious beliefs? square something with your conscience (= make yourself believe that what you are doing is morally right ) 2 square something with somebody British English to persuade someone to agree to something :
I’ll take the day off if I can square it with my boss.

square 4 adverb #

1 directly and firmly SYN squarely :
Look him square in the eye and say no. 2 at 90° to a line SYN squarely square to Wright passed the ball square to Brown.