quadrangle

• n. 四边形；方院

quadr-,四，angle,角。用于指四方形院子。

quadrangle (n.)

late 14c., from Old French quadrangle (13c.) and directly from Late Latin quadrangulum "four-sided figure," noun use of neuter of Latin adjective quadrangulus "having four quarters," from Latin quattuor "four" (see four) + angulus "angle" (see angle (n.)). Meaning "four-sided court between buildings" is from 1590s.

1. The fine, intelligent, educated voice sang on in the sunny quadrangle of red - brick Colonial buildings.

那美妙, 聪明, 受过教育的声音回响在充满阳光的,殖民时期的红砖房子围成的庭院中.

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2. We walked all over the campus from the quadrangle to the athletic grounds.

我们从方庭到操场,走遍了整个校园.

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3. Shouts from the open window startling evening in the quadrangle.

从敞开着的窗户传出的喧嚷声,惊动了方院的暮色.

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4. Six lines of building base of quadrangle was discovered in Yin Ruins.

对殷墟某一区域建筑基址的大面积揭露,在殷墟考古上是极为难得的.

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5. I almost had spent my childhood at my grandmother's quadrangle in countryside.

我的童年多半是在乡下奶奶家的四合院度过的.

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