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单词 cuboid
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Definition of cuboid in English:

cuboid

adjective ˈkjuːbɔɪdˈkjubɔɪd
  • More or less cubic in shape.

    (呈)立方形的,(呈)立方体的

    the school was a hideous cuboid erection of brick and glass

    该学校是一幢用砖和玻璃垒起来的丑陋的立方形建筑物。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • From basement to attic, the house was designed down to its last detail: from the hand-stencilled walls, wallpapers and latticed panelling, to curtains and carpets, fitted furniture, china and cuboid planters.
    • There are cuboid watermelons and giant tomatoes, as well as little vignette inserts punctuating the picture - a fruit fly, a strand of human DNA, a repulsive overbred lapdog framed in a prize-winning blue rosette.
    • Has anyone commented on just how cuboid his head is before?
    • Using 22 welded tubular steel cubes each measuring 3 x 3 x 3 m to support an aluminium walkway, he elaborates on the basic concept of linked cuboid forms.
    • The crisp, cuboid geometry of the new parts forms a stage set for the daily dramas and intimacies of workplace life.
    • On a basic level, the destruction of these austere cuboid monoliths on our skyline has provoked us to reflect on what buildings mean.
    • Ankara State Security Court is a vast, cuboid slab of concrete.
    • She actively asks the viewer to join in, inviting people to place objects from handbags and pockets into the cuboid structures she has built.
    • It is a tall cuboid volume wrapped in slate which actually sits in the pool, its dark, enigmatic mass giving the disarming impression of floating on water.
    • A neighborhood of such severe cuboid houses would probably feel sterile and lifeless.
    • Beige PCs look like they have a long and healthy life ahead of them, just as long as Intel and the others don't start developing cuboid cases all of a sudden.
    • I slept along with the locals in perfect safety on the roof of a cuboid house.
    • Cytologic evaluation of the brushing material demonstrated clusters of small cuboid cells consistent with an endometrial origin.
    • Even if the shape of animal teeth is unfamiliar, a roughly cuboid or distinctly conical structure with a covering of hard mineral and what could feasibly be roots is likely to be a tooth.
    • In the middle was an empty coffin, a cuboid altar, and a table decked with chalice, knife, and holy scourge.
    • They designed a contemplative cuboid acoustic space made of a lattice of timber elements creating an enclosure that breathes yet insulates the inhabitants from the outside world.
    • The adjacent space is for the most part consumed by Black Stone, an enormous cuboid construction constructed from strips of tyre nailed to an armature.
noun ˈkjuːbɔɪdˈkjubɔɪd
  • 1Geometry
    A solid which has six rectangular faces at right angles to each other.

    〔几何〕长方体

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He didn't know how long he had been standing there, stacking the cuboids one on top of the other.
    • Other bus drivers, allocated the lesser job of driving some characterless new red cuboid, waved at our driver with unconcealed jealousy.
    • Reykjavik buildings, especially, seem to be total shapes: pyramids, prisms, intersecting glass and copper cuboids.
    • Arthur half-slid, half-scrambled through the stainless steel cuboid towards the warm light.
    • They describe the pedestal as an intentionally incomplete cuboid.
  • 2Anatomy
    A squat tarsal bone on the outer side of the foot, articulating with the heel bone and the fourth and fifth metatarsals.

    〔剖〕骰骨

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The foot can be divided into three anatomic regions: the hindfoot or rearfoot (talus and calcaneus); the midfoot (navicular bone, cuboid bone, and three cuneiform bones); and the forefoot (metatarsals and phalanges).
    • It cuts the cuboid sulcus and the cuboid bone.
    • As the medial side of the cuboid and the lateral side of the ectocuneiform are eroded, the fit between the two specimens cannot be fully assessed.
    • The anterior process of the calcaneus is a saddle-shaped bony protuberance that articulates with the cuboid.
    • The tarsals of giraffes consist of only four bones: calcaneum, astragulus, fused navicular and cuboid, fused cuneiforms.

Derivatives

  • cuboidal

  • adjective kjuːˈbɔɪd(ə)l
    • The tumor cells were elongated and had the appearance of plump endothelial cells in the outer portion of the nests, while they attained cuboidal to polygonal epithelioid contours near the center.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The rounded cuboidal shape of these cells is typically seen in undifferentiated lattice cells early in normal pupal retinal development.
      • The columnar or cuboidal biliary-type cells were pseudostratified and often contained mucin vacuoles.
      • The carpals are cuboidal and highly specialized.
      • As the cyst matures and moves posteriorly through the germarium, somatic cells move to surround each cyst to form a single-layered cuboidal epithelium.

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin cuboides, from Greek kuboeidēs, from kubos (see cube).

Definition of cuboid in US English:

cuboid

adjectiveˈkjubɔɪdˈkyo͞oboid
  • More or less cubic in shape.

    (呈)立方形的,(呈)立方体的

    the school was a hideous cuboid erection of brick and glass

    该学校是一幢用砖和玻璃垒起来的丑陋的立方形建筑物。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A neighborhood of such severe cuboid houses would probably feel sterile and lifeless.
    • Even if the shape of animal teeth is unfamiliar, a roughly cuboid or distinctly conical structure with a covering of hard mineral and what could feasibly be roots is likely to be a tooth.
    • Using 22 welded tubular steel cubes each measuring 3 x 3 x 3 m to support an aluminium walkway, he elaborates on the basic concept of linked cuboid forms.
    • Beige PCs look like they have a long and healthy life ahead of them, just as long as Intel and the others don't start developing cuboid cases all of a sudden.
    • They designed a contemplative cuboid acoustic space made of a lattice of timber elements creating an enclosure that breathes yet insulates the inhabitants from the outside world.
    • Cytologic evaluation of the brushing material demonstrated clusters of small cuboid cells consistent with an endometrial origin.
    • There are cuboid watermelons and giant tomatoes, as well as little vignette inserts punctuating the picture - a fruit fly, a strand of human DNA, a repulsive overbred lapdog framed in a prize-winning blue rosette.
    • It is a tall cuboid volume wrapped in slate which actually sits in the pool, its dark, enigmatic mass giving the disarming impression of floating on water.
    • On a basic level, the destruction of these austere cuboid monoliths on our skyline has provoked us to reflect on what buildings mean.
    • The crisp, cuboid geometry of the new parts forms a stage set for the daily dramas and intimacies of workplace life.
    • In the middle was an empty coffin, a cuboid altar, and a table decked with chalice, knife, and holy scourge.
    • Has anyone commented on just how cuboid his head is before?
    • The adjacent space is for the most part consumed by Black Stone, an enormous cuboid construction constructed from strips of tyre nailed to an armature.
    • Ankara State Security Court is a vast, cuboid slab of concrete.
    • From basement to attic, the house was designed down to its last detail: from the hand-stencilled walls, wallpapers and latticed panelling, to curtains and carpets, fitted furniture, china and cuboid planters.
    • I slept along with the locals in perfect safety on the roof of a cuboid house.
    • She actively asks the viewer to join in, inviting people to place objects from handbags and pockets into the cuboid structures she has built.
nounˈkjubɔɪdˈkyo͞oboid
  • 1Geometry
    A solid which has six rectangular faces at right angles to each other.

    〔几何〕长方体

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Reykjavik buildings, especially, seem to be total shapes: pyramids, prisms, intersecting glass and copper cuboids.
    • Other bus drivers, allocated the lesser job of driving some characterless new red cuboid, waved at our driver with unconcealed jealousy.
    • Arthur half-slid, half-scrambled through the stainless steel cuboid towards the warm light.
    • They describe the pedestal as an intentionally incomplete cuboid.
    • He didn't know how long he had been standing there, stacking the cuboids one on top of the other.
  • 2Anatomy
    A squat tarsal bone on the outer side of the foot, articulating with the heel bone and the fourth and fifth metatarsals.

    〔剖〕骰骨

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The anterior process of the calcaneus is a saddle-shaped bony protuberance that articulates with the cuboid.
    • The tarsals of giraffes consist of only four bones: calcaneum, astragulus, fused navicular and cuboid, fused cuneiforms.
    • The foot can be divided into three anatomic regions: the hindfoot or rearfoot (talus and calcaneus); the midfoot (navicular bone, cuboid bone, and three cuneiform bones); and the forefoot (metatarsals and phalanges).
    • It cuts the cuboid sulcus and the cuboid bone.
    • As the medial side of the cuboid and the lateral side of the ectocuneiform are eroded, the fit between the two specimens cannot be fully assessed.

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin cuboides, from Greek kuboeidēs, from kubos (see cube).

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