quad

FREQ #17704

n. 铅块, 监狱, 四方院子, 四胞胎, 四胞胎中的一个孩子, 成套的四件东西 [计] 四芯导线

发音

US /kwɑd/
AU
UK /kwɒd/

词形变化

quads 复数 quads quadded quadding quads 三单 quadding 现在分词 quadded 过去式 quadded 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Clipping of quadrat.

    A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.

    废旧 媒体 印刷
  2. 2.

    Clipping of quadrat.

    A joke used to fill long days of setting type.

    废旧 俚语 媒体 印刷
  3. 3.

    Clipping of quadrat.

    A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre.

    废旧 媒体 印刷
  4. 4.

    A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).

    非正式
  5. 5.

    A horse, from colloquial or humorous quadruped specifically for horse.

    非正式 过时
  6. 6.

    Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.

    A poster advertising a cinematic film release, measuring forty by thirty inches, four times the area of crown paper.

  7. 7.

    Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.

    A quadruple, a jump with four revolutions in the air.

    体育
  8. 8.

    Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.

    A serving of four shots of espresso; (attributive) containing four shots of espresso.

  9. 9.

    Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.

    A skate with four wheels.

  10. 10.

    Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).

  11. 11.

    Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).

    The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.

  12. 12.

    Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).

    Of or relating to quads (four of a kind).

    定语 俚语 游戏
  13. 13.

    Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).

    A group of four insulated wires twisted together to form two circuits of two wires each.

    商务 媒体 工程 物理 电子
  14. 14.

    A unit of energy equivalent to a quadrillion BTU (10¹⁵ BTU).

  15. 15.

    Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).

    A quad antenna, a directional radio antenna consisting of multiple loop antennas.

    媒体
  16. 16.

    Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).

    A quadruplet, one of four babies born during the same birth.

    非正式
  17. 17.

    The quadriceps muscle.

    非正式
  18. 18.

    Quadruplex videotape.

    非正式
  19. 19.

    A quadriplegic person.

    非正式
  20. 20.

    A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, usually used for recreation or farm work.

  21. 21.

    A quadrilateral.

    非正式 计算机 工程 数学
  22. 22.

    A quadcopter.

    非正式
  23. 23.

    A quadrupel beer.

    非正式
  24. 24.

    Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).

    A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.

    游戏
v.
  1. 1.

    To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.

    不及物 及物 媒体 印刷
  2. 2.

    To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To ride a quad bike.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.

    不及物 及物 媒体 印刷
adj.
  1. 1.

    Quadrille, marked with squares.

  2. 2.

    Quadruple, four times the usual size or quantity.

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple. The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.

来源:wiktionary