记忆方法
1. ov- "egg" + -al.
2. => egg-shaped.
2. => egg-shaped.
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中文词源
oval 卵形的
来自拉丁语ovum,卵，蛋，来自PIE*oyyo,卵，蛋，词源同egg.
英语词源
- oval (adj.)
- 1570s, from Modern Latin ovalis "egg-shaped" (source of French oval, 1540s), literally "of or pertaining to an egg," from Latin ovum "egg" (see ovary). The classical Latin word was ovatus.
- oval (n.)
- 1560s, from Middle French ovalle "oval figure," from Medieval Latin ovalis (see oval (adj.)).
权威例句
- 1. Congress is waiting to see how the Oval Office will react.
- 国会正观望总统方面的反应。
- 2. The shape of the earth is an oval.
- 地球的形状是个椭圆形.
- 3. The leaf is oval in shape.
- 叶呈椭圆形.
- 4. The clock stands on an oval marble base, enclosed by a glass dome.
- 钟放在椭圆形的大理石基座上，外罩玻璃罩。
- 5. The President's address tonight from the Oval Office is a curtain-raiser for the economic policy message set for delivery to Congress on Wednesday.
- 美国总统今晚于总统办公室发表的讲话是将于周三提交国会的经济政策的前奏。