cube
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cube1 /kjuːb/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 CFSQUAREa solid object with six equal square sides 立方形物；立方体 a sugar cube 一块方糖 an ice cube 一小方块冰 Cut the meat into small cubes. 把肉切成丁。► see thesaurus at piece →5 see picture at 见图 shape12. the cube of something HMNthe number you get when you multiply a number by itself twice, for example 4 x 4 x 4 = 64, so the cube of 4 is 64 三次方，立方3. American English spoken a cubicle 小室，小房间，小隔间
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cube• Cut the melon into 2cm cubes and leave to soak in some port or red wine.• cubes of Cheddar cheese• She dropped a cube of sugar into her tea and stirred it with a spoon.• For a joke, he put an ice cube down the back of her dress.• I fetched ice cubes in the middle of the night to try to numb the backs of my legs.• Cooking such small amounts of food can be fiddly and time consuming so try freezing baby-sized portions in ice cube trays.• Would you get me some ice cubes out of the freezer?• Karen took some ice cubes from the freezer and poured the soda.• Place the thread on the ice cube and put salt on it, especially near the thread. 4.• Toni filled the glasses with ice cubes and watched as Letia slid two thick red steaks under the broiler.• We start by picking up and examining the cube.• We can also let any point inside the cube be input too.cube2 verb [transitive] 1 HMNto multiply a number by itself twice 使自乘两次，求…的立方 4 cubed is 64 4的立方是64。2. DFCto cut food into cubes 将〔食物〕切成小方块［丁］→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
cube• But to suppose that this picture bears the faintest resemblance to what the Labour leadership wants betrays something like paranoia cubed.• 3 cubed is 27• The dish is made with cubed pieces of steak.Origin cube1 (1500-1600) Latin cubus, from Greek kybos “cube, vertebra”cube1 nouncube2 verbChinese
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cube
cube1 /kjuːb/ 
noun [countable]
a sugar cube
an ice cube
Cut the meat into small cubes.
2. the cube of something the number you get when you multiply a number by itself twice, for example 4 x 4 x 4 = 64, so the cube of 4 is 64
3. American English spoken a cubicle
cube2 verb [transitive]
1. to multiply a number by itself twice:
4 cubed is 64
2. to cut food into cubes
| I |
noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: cubus, from Greek kybos 'cube, vertebra'
1. a solid object with six equal square sides:Language: Latin
Origin: cubus, from Greek kybos 'cube, vertebra'
2. the cube of something the number you get when you multiply a number by itself twice, for example 4 x 4 x 4 = 64, so the cube of 4 is 64
3. American English spoken a cubicle
| II |
verb [transitive]1. to multiply a number by itself twice:
2. to cut food into cubes
