quad /kwɒd/

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Quads are the same as quadruplets. 同quadruplets [usu pl]

  例：

  ...a 34-year-old mother of quads.

  ...一个生了四胎的34岁母亲。

• 2. 

  N-PLURAL The quads are the muscles that run down the front of the thigh and wrap around the knee. 股四头肌 [非正式]

  例：

  To stretch the quads, you work the hamstrings.

  要伸展股四头肌，你要运动你的跟腱。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A quad is the same as a . 同quadrangle [非正式] [usu 'the' N]

  例：

  His rooms were on the left-hand side of the quad.

  他的房间在这个四方院的左侧。

• 4. 

  N a block of type metal used for spacing 嵌块 [printing]

• 5. 

  N → a variant spelling of quod

• 6. 

  ADJ/N short for quadraphonic or quadraphonics quadraphonic或quadraphonics的缩写 →see quadraphonic