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."
雙語例句
1. Suppose the width of a rectangle is x metres.
設長方形的寬是x米.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. He handed me a little rectangle of white paper.
他遞給我一張小小的長方形白紙片。
來自辭典例句
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兩個正方形的矩形.
來自辭典例句
4. A torus can be obtained from a rectangle by identifying opposite sides.
環面可由矩形把其兩對對邊分別重疊起來而得到.
來自辭典例句
5. The rectangle clearly shows each separate class in the distribution.