看得見的格子
這一組裡的格子是真的存在的：印在紙上，或畫在棋盤上。squared 就是在說「這東西被分成了格子」。
adjective · B1
Divided into squares, or printed all over with small squares, like the paper you use for drawing graphs.
方格的
核心畫面
Think of one small square, and then of squares laid side by side until they fill a sheet. That grid is where every use of squared starts. Sometimes the squares are printed and you can see them, so the paper is squared. Sometimes you only build one in your head: three along the bottom, three up the side, and nine small squares inside, which is what three squared means. And on a the squares come in two colours, so a piece can be named by the colour it travels on.
可以先想一個小方格，再想這些方格一格接一格排滿一整張紙。squared 的每個用法，都可以想成從這張格子出發。有時候…更多收起
可以先想一個小方格，再想這些方格一格接一格排滿一整張紙。squared 的每個用法，都可以想成從這張格子出發。有時候格子是印出來的，看得見，那張紙就是 squared paper。有時候格子只在腦袋裡：底下排三格，旁邊排三格，裡面就有九格——這就是 three squared 等於九的畫面。而在西洋棋盤上，格子分成兩種顏色，所以棋子可以用「走哪一色的格」來稱呼。Two branches
算出來的正方形
格子這次不在紙上，而在算式裡。數字自己乘自己，做出來的正好是一個正方形的格數。
adjective · B1
Used after a number to mean that number multiplied by itself. Three squared means three times three, which is nine.
平方
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
squaredadj/skwɛəd/
- 1
geometrymathematicssciencesCovered with a grid of squares.
- The children were taught to plot graphs on squared paper.
- 2
mathematicssciencesRaised to the second power.
- 3
board-gameschessgamesLocated on the specified kind of square on the board.
- a light-squared bishop
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。