having the shape of a cube 立方形的;立方体的 a cubic room. 立方形的房间。 ■[attrib.]denoting a unit of measurement equal to the volume of a cube whose side is one of the linear unit specified (度量单位)立方的 15 billion cubic metres of water. 150亿立方米的水。 ■measured or expressed in such units 以立方计算的;以立方表示的 ■involving the cube (and no higher power) of a quantity or variable (量或变量的)立方的;三次的 a cubic equation. 立方等式。 ■of or denoting a crystal system or three-dimensional geometrical arrangement having three equal axes at right angles (晶系或立体几何图形)轴为直角的;立体的
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(Mathematics)a cubic equation, or a curve described by one (数)三次方程式;三次曲线
派生 cubical adjective cubically adverb 语源
late 15th cent. (in the sense 'involving the cube (and no higher power'): from Old French cubique, or via Latin from Greek kubikos, from kobos 'cube'