squareBrE /skweə(r)/ NAmE /skwer/► SEE ALLbe/go back to square onebe (all) square (with sb)be a square peg (in a round hole)square your/an account (with sb)square accounts (with sb)square the circlea square mealfair and square ●be/go back to square ˈone ( start again from square ˈone) (informal) start sth again from the beginning because your first idea, plan, action, etc. has failed or has been stopped（因最初的主意、计划、行动等失败而）回到起点，从头再来◆The experiment didn’t work, so it’s back to square one, I’m afraid. 实验失败了，所以恐怕得从头再来。ORIGINThis may refer to going back to the beginning or first square of a board game such as ‘snakes and ladders’.这个习语可能指回到“蛇梯棋”等棋类游戏中的第一方格。●be (all) ˈsquare (with sb) (informal) 1.have the same score in a competition比分相等；打成平手◆Liverpool were all square with Chelsea at half-time. 利物浦队与切尔西队比赛上半场比分相同。2. (of two people两个人) not owe money (or anything else) to each other彼此两不相欠；两清◆Here’s a pound — now we’re square. 这是还你的一英镑 － 现在我们两清了。●be a square ˈpeg (in a round ˈhole) (BrE, informal) not fit well or easily into an organization, a job, etc. because you are different方枘圆凿；不适宜做…；与…格格不入◆I don’t have the right personality for the job. I feel like a square peg in a round hole. 我的性格不适宜做这个工作，我感觉好像一个方榫硬要插进圆孔中，很不自在。OPPin your element●square your/an acˈcount (with sb)●square acˈcounts (with sb)1.pay sb the money you owe them（与某人）结清账◆You can square your account at the end of the week. 你可以在周末结账。2.hurt sb, usually because they have done sth bad to you（向某人）报复；（找某人）算账◆I’m here to square accounts with Murphy for what he did to my sister. 我到这里是替我妹妹找默菲算账来了。●square the ˈcircle(try to) do sth that is or seems impossible（尝试）做不可能的事；妄想做某事◆The Government is trying to square the circle when it says it will spend more on the health service without raising taxes. 政府说要在不提高税收的情况下加大对公共医疗卫生服务方面的投入，这是不可能实现的。ORIGINThis is a mathematical task that was considered impossible, involving making a square exactly equal in area to a particular circle.这是一个被认为不可能完成的数学任务，要求画一个与某个圆形面积一样的正方形。●a square ˈmeala large and satisfying meal饱餐；丰盛的一餐◆The children get three square meals a day. 孩子们一天吃三顿饱饭。●fair and ˈsquare ( fairly and ˈsquarely) 1.completely and fully完全地；彻底地◆They were the better team and they beat us fair and square.他们队确实更胜一筹，把我们彻底打败了。2.directly and with force直接地；用力地；正面地◆I hit him fair and square on the chin.我不偏不倚地打中了他的下巴。