quad
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++quad /kwɒd $ kwɑːd/ noun [countable] 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) quadrangle2. (1800-1900) quadruplet3. (1900-2000) quadricepsquad nounChinese
square around buildings it, in all a open especially area with Corpus
quad
quad /kwɒd $ kwɑːd/
noun [countable]
Origin: quadrangle
Origin: quadruplet
Origin: quadriceps1. informal a square open area with buildings all around it, especially in a school or college
2. informal a quadruplet
3. quads [plural] informal quadriceps
quad /kwɒd $ kwɑːd/
noun [countable] Sense 1
Date: 1800-1900Origin: quadrangle
Sense 2
Date: 1800-1900Origin: quadruplet
Sense 3
Date: 1900-2000Origin: quadriceps
2. informal a quadruplet
3. quads [plural] informal quadriceps