单词	oval
释义	ovalo‧val /ˈəʊvəl $ ˈoʊ-/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINoval Origin: 1500-1600 Medieval Latin ovalis, from Latin ovum; ➔ OVUM Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Famie was jigged by the ovals and squares: the modern look of it all. Fold ends up and over crab mixture, forming an oval. In section each mullion is an asymmetric oval, tapering at one end. No one could have asked for a better final lap over the 1. 527-mile oval at Homestead, Fla. Notice that the lower oval is smaller than the top one because it is intended to fit inside. On her right wrist, just above her glove, a white oval of skin was exposed to the air. Those composites filled in two of those ovals. When he tried, all he saw in his mind was a blurred grey oval. Thesaurus THESAURUStypes of shapes► square a shape with four straight sides that are equal in length and four angles of 90 degrees ► circle a round shape that is like an O ► semicircle half a circle ► triangle a shape with three straight sides and three angles ► rectangle a shape with four straight sides and four angles of 90 degrees ► oval a shape like a circle, but that is longer than it is wide ► cylinder an object in the shape of a tube ► cube a solid object with six equal square sides ► pyramid a shape with a square base and four triangular sides that meet in a point at the top ► sphere a shape like a ball describing types of shapes► square shaped like a square: · a square box ► circular/round shaped like a circle: · a circular table ► semicircular shaped like a semicircle: · a semicircular arch above the door ► triangular shaped like a triangle: · sails divided into triangular sections ► rectangular shaped like a rectangle: · a simple rectangular building ► oval shaped like an oval: · an oval swimming pool ► cylindrical shaped like a cylinder: · The statue is on top of a tall cylindrical column. ► spherical shaped like a ball: · The planet Saturn is not completely spherical. types of shapes► square a shape with four straight sides that are equal in length and four angles of 90 degrees ► circle a round shape that is like an O ► semicircle half a circle ► triangle a shape with three straight sides and three angles ► rectangle a shape with four straight sides and four angles of 90 degrees ► oval a shape like a circle, but that is longer than it is wide ► cylinder an object in the shape of a tube ► cube a solid object with six equal square sides ► pyramid a shape with a square base and four triangular sides that meet in a point at the top ► sphere a shape like a ball describing types of shapes► square shaped like a square: · a square box ► circular/round shaped like a circle: · a circular table ► semicircular shaped like a semicircle: · a semicircular arch above the door ► triangular shaped like a triangle: · sails divided into triangular sections ► rectangular shaped like a rectangle: · a simple rectangular building ► oval shaped like an oval: · an oval swimming pool ► cylindrical shaped like a cylinder: · The statue is on top of a tall cylindrical column. ► spherical shaped like a ball: · The planet Saturn is not completely spherical. Longman Language Activatorshaped like a circle but with two slightly flat sides► oval · In the dining room is a highly polished oval table with matching chairs.· She was a pretty woman with an oval face. ► egg-shaped shaped like an egg, slightly wider at one end: · The chocolates are egg-shaped and full of nuts. ► elliptical shaped like a circle but with two slightly flat sides: · The earth moves around the sun in an elliptical orbit.· A striking feature of this architectural style is the elliptical windows. shaped like a circle► round · Violet stared at him with huge round eyes.· In the kitchen there was a round table with a vase of flowers on it.· She drew a round yellow sun in the center of the picture. ► circular shaped exactly like a circle: · The cattle are kept in a large circular enclosure.· The planets follow almost circular orbits around the sun.· The Villa Madama has a circular courtyard with rooms leading off it in all directions. ► oval shaped like a circle with slightly flat sides: · The portrait hung in an oval frame on the wall.· Some of the tables are oval in shape and some are round. WORD SETS► Maths abacus, nounalgebra, nounangle, nounarc, nounarea, nounarithmetic, nounarithmetic, adjectivearithmetic progression, nounaxis, nounbar chart, nounbar graph, nounbase, nounbinomial, nounbisect, verbBoolean, adjectiveC, nouncalculator, nouncalculus, nouncanonical, adjectivechord, nouncipher, nouncircumference, nouncircumscribe, verbcompass, nouncomplementary, adjectivecomputation, nouncompute, verbconcentric, adjectivecone, nouncongruent, adjectiveconical, adjectiveconstant, nouncontain, verbcoordinate, nouncoordinate, adjectivecos, cosine, nouncube, nouncubic, adjectivecurvature, nouncurve, nouncut, verbdeci-, prefixdeviation, noundiagonal, adjectivediameter, noundifferential calculus, noundigit, noundimension, noundomain, nouneccentric, adjectiveellipse, nounelliptical, adjectiveequal, adjectiveequal, verbequals sign, nounequation, nounequilateral triangle, nounexponential, adjectiveexpress, verbexpression, nounface, nounfigure, nounflow chart, nounformula, nounfraction, nounfractional, adjectivefunction, noungeometric, adjectivegeometry, noungraph, noungraphically, adverbgraph paper, noungrid, nounHCF, helix, nounheptagon, nounhexagon, nounhistogram, nounhypotenuse, nounimperial, adjectiveimproper fraction, nouninfinity, nouninformation theory, nouninnumerate, adjectiveinto, prepositioninverse, adjectiveisosceles triangle, nounline graph, log, nounlogarithm, nounlong division, nounlozenge, nounmath, nounmathematical, adjectivemathematician, nounmathematics, nounmatrix, nounmean, adjectivemedian, nounmedian, adjectivemetric, adjectiveminus, prepositionminus, nounminus, adjectiveminus sign, nounminute, nounmultiplication, nounmultiplication sign, nounmultiplication table, nounmultiply, verbN, nounnumber, nounnumerate, adjectivenumeration, nounoblong, adjectiveobtuse angle, nounoctagon, nounoval, nounparabola, nounparallel, adjectiveparallelogram, nounpentagon, nounpercentage, nounperimeter, nounperpendicular, nounpi, nounpictogram, nounpie chart, nounplane, nounplane geometry, nounplus, prepositionplus, nounplus, adjectiveplus sign, nounpolygon, nounpolyhedron, nounpower, nounprism, nounprobability, nounproof, nounproportion, nounproposition, nounprotractor, nounquadrangle, nounquadrant, nounquadratic equation, nounquadri-, prefixquadrilateral, nounradius, nounratio, nounrectangle, nounrectilinear, adjectiverecur, verbrhombus, nounright angle, nounright-angled triangle, nounroot, nounruler, nounscale, nounscalene triangle, nounscatter diagram, section, nounsegment, nounsemicircle, nounset square, nounsine, nounslide rule, nounsolid, adjectivesolid, nounsolution, nounsolve, verbsphere, nounsquare, adjectivesquare, nounsquare, verbsquare, adverbsquarely, adverbsquare root, nounsubset, nounsubtract, verbsubtraction, nounsum, nounsurface area, nounsymmetrical, adjectivesymmetry, nountangent, nounterm, nountheorem, nounthreefold, adjectivetimes, prepositiontrapezium, nountriangle, nountrigonometry, nountwo-dimensional, adjectivevalue, nounvariable, nounvector, nounVenn diagram, nounvertex, nounvertical, adjectivevolume, nounwork, verbX, nounx-axis, nouny-axis, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► round/oval/square face · Her face was round and jolly. a shape like a circle, but wider in one direction than the other → elliptical—oval adjective:  an oval mirror
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