quadrangle

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈkwɒdˌɹæŋ.ɡəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
  2. A courtyard which is quadrangular.
    — I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle, settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns.
  3. The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
    — The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.

词形变化

quadrangles plural

词汇关系

近义词
quadrilateral 4-gon tetragon
下位词
rectangle square parallelogram rhombus trapezoid
衍生词
love quadrangle

词源

From Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.
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