- 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。
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- Geometry a solid which has six rectangular faces at right angles to each other【几何】长方体。
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- (亦作cuboid bone)Anatomy 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。
派生词
cuboidal
adjective词源
early 19th cent.: from modern Latin cuboides, from Greek kuboeidēs, from kubos (see CUBE).