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| 1 | in the shape of a square 方形的 |
| a small square garden 方形的小花园 |
| | 1a | with edges or corners that are not as curved as usual 成直角的 | | He had full lips and a square jaw. 他长着厚嘴唇，方下巴。 | | He was short with broad square shoulders. 他个子不高，肩膀宽宽的。 | |
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| 2 | used for talking about units for measuring the area of something （表示面积单位）平方的 |
| The police have an area of over 200 square miles to search. 警察要搜索200平方英里以上的地方。 |
| The room couldn’ t have been more than four yards square. 这个房间不会超过4平方码。 |
| The sign should be no more than one square metre in area. 牌子的面积应不大于1平方米。 |
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| 3 | straight , or parallel with something straight 平正的；成直角的 |
| Place the pieces together and make sure the edges are square. 把这几件东西放到一起，确保各边平正。 |
| The corners aren’ t square. 拐角不是直角。 |
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| 4 | informal if two people are square , neither person owes the other anything 结清的；两讫的 |
| You give me back six pounds then we’ ll be square. 你还给我6英镑，那么我们就两讫了。 |
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| 5 | informal someone who is square is boring because they do not wear fashionable clothes or have fashionable interests 古板守旧的；不谙时尚的 |
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| - | all square
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| if a game is all square , both teams or players have the same number of points |
| 平局的；打平的 |
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| At half time, it was all square at two-two. 半场时是2比2平。 |
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| - | a square deal informal
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| fair treatment |
| 公平的待遇 |
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| Most of the workers think they’ re getting a square deal. 大多数工人认为他们得到的待遇很公平。 |
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| - | a square peg in a round hole informal
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| someone or something that does not suit the position or situation they are in |
| 不适宜担任某种职务的人；与周围环境格格不入的人（或物） |
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