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
词态变化
复数: quads;
助记提示
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