现在在繁华的都市里面我们经常会看到财富广场、世贸广场等

那么在英语里面广场到底是怎么区别的呢？

来看看square和plaza的区别和用法

"square"意为"four-sided open area，eg，in a town，used as a garden or for recreation，or one enclosed by streets and buildings"，"buildings and street surroundings"，"blocks of buildings bounded by four streets; distance along one side of such a block"，所能指的广场大概相当于"天安门广场"、"五一广场"之类。

现在新出现的众多的冠以"广场"名称的商业性质的写字楼群应该用"plaza",意为"a complex of stores, banks and movie theatres, etc"。

目前我国广场，如"国贸广场"，"财经广场"，大都源于该词。

plaza
n.
广场, 露天汽车停车场, 购物中心
A public square or similar open area in a town or city.
广场：城镇或城市中的公众广场或类似的开阔的区域
A widened roadway forming the approach to tollbooths on a highway.
收费区：公路上形成收费处入口的加宽路面
A parking or service area next to a highway.
服务区：公路旁停车或服务的区域
A shopping center.
购物中心

square n.正方形, 广场
An open, usually four-sided area at the intersection of two or more streets, often planted with grass and trees for use as a park.
街区：位于两个或者更多街道交叉口的一种开放的，通常是四边的区域，以种植草木用于公园装饰
A rectangular space enclosed by streets and occupied by buildings; a block.
街区：被街道包围或者被建筑占据的方形地域；房屋区