英语单词

quad是什么意思

quad

英 [kwɒd] 美 [kwɑd]
  • n. 四方院子;四胞胎之一;嵌条;成套的四件东西
  • n. (Quad)人名;(英)奎德

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1. as a shortening of quadrangle, quadruplet, etc.

英文词源


quad
quad: see quarter
quad
1820 as a shortening of quadrangle (n.) in the building sense (in this case "quadrangle of a college," Oxford student slang); 1880 as short for quadrat (n.); 1896 as quadruplet (n.), originally "bicycle for four riders;" later "one of four young at a single birth" (1951, of armadillos); 1970 as quadraphonic (adj.). Related: Quads.

双语例句


1. His rooms were on the left-hand side of the quad.
他的房间位于四方院的左侧。

来自柯林斯例句

2. That evening I went across the quad to visit Collins.
当天傍晚,我穿过院子去找科林斯.

来自辞典例句

3. The front quad, where I lived, was floored and tented.
在我居住的四方院子的前排楼房下已经铺起地板,支起帐篷.

来自辞典例句

4. Goblet cells ( blue ) scattered throughout simple columnar epithelial lining ( special quad stain ).
杯状细胞 ( 蓝色 ) 散在分布于单层柱状上皮内.

来自互联网

5. The physics department sits across the quad from the library.
从图书馆横穿过四方院就是物理系.

来自互联网

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