square-metre
square-metre — noun
1. a standard unit used for measuring the size of a flat surface or space, equal to
a standard unit used for measuring the size of a flat surface or space, equal to the area inside a square with sides one metre long
The Watanabe family bought an apartment with 75 square metres of living space.
collocation: [number] square metres of [space]
The new classroom measures roughly 60 square metres in total area.
verb pattern: measure(s) + [number] + square metres
Each square metre of the farmland needs about two litres of water.
Paloma calculated that her office was exactly 12 square metres.
A standard parking space in Taipei covers about 15 square metres.
- square meter
American English spelling of the same unit
- m²
standard written abbreviation
- centiare
technical term used in land surveying; one centiare equals one square metre
文法句型
[number] + square metre(s) + of + [noun]
[noun] + measures + [number] + square metres
用法筆記
Commonly abbreviated as m². In American English the spelling is square meter.