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| 1 | a shape with four straight sides of equal length and four corners called right angles 正方形 |
| The garden has flower beds that form a perfect square. 花园的花坛正好形成一个正方形。 |
| | 1a | a piece of something shaped like a square 正方形物 | | Cut the fabric into squares. 把布料剪成正方形。 | | a square of carpet/fabric/glass 一块正方形的地毯/织物/玻璃 | |
| | 1b | one of the small sections that the board is divided into in games such as chess and draughts （棋盘上的）方格 | |
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| 2 | an open area of land in the shape of a square , usually with buildings around it . ‘Square’ is often used in the names of roads and can be written Sq 广场 |
| There are one or two good hotels in the main square. 在主广场有一两家好的酒店。 |
| They have an office in Soho Square. 他们在Soho广场有个办事处。 |
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| 3 | the number that is the result of multiplying one number by itself 平方 |
| The square of 3 is 9. 3的平方是9。 |
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| 4 | informal someone who is boring because they do not wear fashionable clothes or have fashionable interests 古板守旧的人 |
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| - | back to/at square one
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| in the same situation you were in before you started to do something , with no progress made |
| 回到／在起点 |
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| The deal collapses and you’ re back to square one. 这项交易失败了，你又回到了起点。 |
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