ovate

a. 卵形的 [医] 卵圆形的(叶)

发音

UK /ˈəʊ.veɪt/
其它
US /ˈoʊ.veɪt/
AU /ˈəʉ.væɪt/

词形变化

ovates 复数 ovated ovates 三单 ovating 现在分词 ovated 过去式 ovated 过去分词 more ovate 比较级 most ovate 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An egg-shaped hand axe.

  2. 1.

    An Irish bard.

  3. 2.

    A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.

  4. 3.

    A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.

v.
  1. 1.

    To give someone an ovation.

    罕用 及物
  2. 2.

    To applaud enthusiastically.

    不及物 罕用
adj.
  1. 1.

    Shaped like an egg.

  2. 2.

    With the broadest extremity near the base.

    生物 植物学

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 8

oval elliptical eggshaped elliptic oval-shaped oviform ovoid prolate

近义相关 3

simple rounded unsubdivided

词源

Borrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

来源：wiktionary