1 PHRASAL VERB 把…弄成方形 If you square something off, you alter it so that it has the shape of a square. 把…弄成方形 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n]
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Peel a thick-skinned orange and square off the ends with a sharp knife. [VERB PREP. noun]
剥开一只厚皮橙子，用锋利的刀将两端削去使它呈方形。
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...white modern buildings that look like squared-off wedding cakes. [VERB-ed PREP.]
看起来像是方形结婚蛋糕的白色现代建筑
2 PHR-V-RECIP 摆好打斗的架势;准备迎战 If one group or person squares off against or with another, they prepare to fight them. 摆好打斗的架势;准备迎战 [mainly US]
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In Florida, farmers are squaring off against cities for rights to groundwater. [V P against]
在佛罗里达州，农民正摆好架势，准备和城市争夺地下水的使用权。
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French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint. [V P with]
在一个公路检查站法国士兵摆开架势，准备迎战一名持枪者。
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The Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Bulls square off for the first game of the series. [plural-noun VERB PREP.]
洛杉矶湖人队和芝加哥公牛队摆好了架势，准备进行总决赛的第一场对决。