square kilometres

基本解釋

The volcano made it above that surface only a million or so years ago, since when the island has grown to about 100 square kilometres.
火山噴發(fā)使這座島嶼露出水面距今大概只有一萬年左右，自那以后，這座島嶼生長(zhǎng)到了大約100平方公里。
"Although the study is based on plant life in Scotland, our models apply across regions spanning hundreds of thousands of square kilometres, " said Clark.
“雖然此項(xiàng)研究是以蘇格蘭植物生活為基礎(chǔ)，但是我們的模式適用于跨越數(shù)十萬平方公里的地區(qū)?！?克拉克說。
And, if the enemy ventured to invade his territory, Peter had another asset – thousands of square kilometres of inhospitable terrain under snow for several months of the year.
而如果他的敵人敢于嘗試入侵他的領(lǐng)土，彼得還有另外一個(gè)優(yōu)勢(shì)——數(shù)千平方公里每年數(shù)月處于冰雪覆蓋下的不宜居住地區(qū)。

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