cube

noun

/kjuːb/

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a solid or hollow figure with six equal square sides立方体；立方形
see also Rubik’s Cube™Topics Colours and Shapesc1
a piece of something, especially food, with six sides立方形的东西（尤指食物）
- Cut the meat into cubes.把肉切成丁儿。
see also bouillon cube, ice cube, stock cube, sugar cube
(mathematics数学) the number that you get when you multiply a number by itself twice立方；三次幂
- The cube of 5 (53) is 125 (5×5×5).5 的立方（5³）是 125。
Topics Maths and measurementc2

词源mid 16th cent.: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek kubos.

verb

/kjuːb/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they cube	/kjuːb/ /kjuːb/
he / she / it cubes	/kjuːbz/ /kjuːbz/
past simple cubed	/kjuːbd/ /kjuːbd/
past participle cubed	/kjuːbd/ /kjuːbd/
-ing form cubing	/ˈkjuːbɪŋ/ /ˈkjuːbɪŋ/

[usually passive] (mathematics数学) to multiply a number by itself twice求…的立方
- (be) cubed 10 cubed is 1 000.10 的立方是 1 000。
Topics Maths and measurementc2
cube something to cut food into cubes把（食物）切成小方块 synonym dice

词源mid 16th cent.: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek kubos.