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four-square

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈfour-square1, foursquare /ˈfɔːskweə $ ˈfɔːrskwer/ adjective  1. TBa building that is four-square is strongly built and square in shape 〔建筑〕方形坚固的2. HONEST British English old use firm and determined 坚决的,坚定不移的
Examples from the Corpus
four-squareAnother 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 adverb  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。
strongly is building Corpus four-square a that is built


four-square
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ˈfour-square1 (also foursquare) /ˈfɔːskweə $ ˈfɔːrskwer/ adjective
1. a building that is four-square is strongly built and square in shape
2. British English old use firm and determined

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four-square2 (also foursquare) adverb
1. if you stand four-square behind someone, you support them completely:
    He stood four-square behind the Prime Minister in the dispute.
2. firmly and solidly:
    The hut stood four-square in a corner of the garden.


four-squareBrE /ˌfɔː ˈskweə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfɔːr ˈskwer/ 🔊 adjective(of a building 建筑物) square in shape, solid and strong 方形坚固的;方方正正的(of a person ) firm, steady and determined 坚决果断的;坚定不移的 four-square adverbI stand four-square with the President on this issue. 在这个问题上我坚定不移地和总统站在一起。🔊🔊