- (abbreviation cu.)[only before noun]
used to show that a measurement is the volume of something, that is the height multiplied by the length and the width 立方的 cubic centimetres/inches/metres 立方厘米／英寸／米 How many cubic metres of water are needed to fill the tank? 装满这个水箱需要多少立方米的水？
measured or expressed in cubic units 用立方单位度量（或表示）的 the cubic capacity of a car’s engine 汽车发动机汽缸的容量
having the shape of a cube 立方形的 a cubic figure 立方形
Word Originlate 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’.