quadrangle

• n. 四邊形；方院

quadr-,四，angle,角。用於指四方形院子。

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, 聰明, 受過教育的聲音回響在充滿陽光的,殖民時期的紅磚房子圍成的庭院中.

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

我們從方庭到操場,走遍了整個校園.

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

從敞開著的窗戶傳出的喧嚷聲,驚動了方院的暮色.

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

對殷墟某一區域建築基址的大麵積揭露,在殷墟考古上是極為難得的.

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

我的童年多半是在鄉下奶奶家的四合院度過的.

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