quad

Related topics: Education, Human

quad /kwɒd $ kwɑːd/ noun [countableC] informal

1. SEa square open area with buildings all around it, especially in a school or college 〔周围有建筑物的〕方形中庭，四方院子〔尤见于学校〕

2. HBHa quadruplet 四胞胎之一

3. quads informal [plural] quadriceps 四头肌

Examples from the Corpus

quad• This was evidently the quad devoted to the science faculty.• From my second-floor vantage point I could see my classmates as they tumbled out into the quad playing catch with my shoes.• He opened it, and a figure whose face was obscured by a muffler pushed past him and ran into the quad.• Puddephat's rooms are on the opposite side of the quad from mine.• Twenty freshmen, faculty members, alumnae and parents gathered in a small computer room off the quad to greet Child.

Origin quad

1. (1800-1900) quadrangle

2. (1800-1900) quadruplet

3. (1900-2000) quadriceps

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