1570s, from Middle French rectangle (16c.) and directly from Late Latin rectangulum, from rect-, comb. form of Latin rectus "right" (see right (adj.1)) + Old French angle (see angle (n.)). Medieval Latin rectangulum meant "a triangle having a right angle."
双语例句
1. Suppose the width of a rectangle is x metres.
设长方形的宽是x米.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2. He handed me a little rectangle of white paper.
他递给我一张小小的长方形白纸片。
来自辞典例句
3. A squared rectangle is a rectangle dissected into at least two squares.
方化矩形是指可以分割成至少两个正方形的矩形.
来自辞典例句
4. A torus can be obtained from a rectangle by identifying opposite sides.
环面可由矩形把其两对对边分别重叠起来而得到.
来自辞典例句
5. The rectangle clearly shows each separate class in the distribution.
