four-square
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 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-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 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。ˈfour-square1 adjectivefour-square2 adverbChineseSyllable
strongly is building Corpus four-square a that is built
four-square
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
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.
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(also foursquare) /ˈfɔːskweə $ ˈfɔːrskwer/ adjective1. 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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(also foursquare) adverb1. if you stand four-square behind someone, you support them completely:
2. firmly and solidly: