square off

短语

摆出自卫或攻击的架式

词形变化

squared off squares off 三单 squares off squaring off squaring off 现在分词 squared off 过去式 squared off 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To get ready for a confrontation (debate, argument, fight).

    加拿大 美国
  2. 2.

    To increase the boxiness of (a design).

    After the aeronautically inspired curvaceous designs of the 1930s and 1940s, many American automotive designs of the 1950s through 1970s were somewhat more squared off.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

settle determine square up

上位词 2

resolve conclude

下位词 5

clear solve concert compromise clinch