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cube

noun
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  1. a solid or hollow figure with six equal square sides立方体；立方形
     see also Rubik’s Cube™Topics Colours and Shapesc1
  2. a piece of something, especially food, with six sides立方形的东西（尤指食物）
    • Cut the meat into cubes.把肉切成丁儿。🔊🔊
    see also bouillon cube, ice cube, stock cube, sugar cube
  3. (mathematics数学) the number that you get when you multiply a number by itself twice立方；三次幂
    • The cube of 5 (53) is 125 (5×5×5).5 的立方（53）是 125。
    Topics Maths and measurementc2
    4. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek kubos.

cube

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cube
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he / she / it cubes
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past simple cubed
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past participle cubed
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-ing form cubing
🔊/ˈkjuːbɪŋ/
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  1. [usually passive] (mathematics数学) to multiply a number by itself twice求…的立方
    • (be) cubed 10 cubed is 1 000.10 的立方是 1 000。
    Topics Maths and measurementc2
  2. cube something to cut food into cubes把（食物）切成小方块 synonym dice
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek kubos.