four-square

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ˈfour-square1, foursquare /ˈfɔːskweə $ ˈfɔːrskwer/ adjectiveadj

1. TBa building that is four-square is strongly built and square in shape 〔建筑〕方形坚固的

2. HONEST British EnglishBrE old use firm and determined 坚决的，坚定不移的

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four-square• Another La Plata station, quite different, four-square and concrete, belonged to the provincial government's metre-gauge railway.• The shamrock might better be seen as a four-square field, with customers being, as he suggested, the fourth element.• The Deccan developed a distinctively four-square stone-built style.

four-square2, foursquare adverbadv

1 if you stand four-square behind someone, you support them completely 坚定不移地〔支持某人〕

He stood four-square behind the prime minister in the dispute.

他在这场纷争中坚定不移地支持首相。

2 MOVE something OR somebodyfirmly and solidly 牢固地

The hut stood four-square in a corner of the garden.

小屋稳稳地坐落在花园一角。

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