- having a rounded and slightly elongated outline or shape like that of an egg椭圆的, 卵形的：
her smooth oval face
她那光滑的鹅蛋脸
the game with the oval ball.
橄榄球赛。
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- a body, object, or design with such a shape or outline椭圆形（物）, 卵形（物）：
cut out two small ovals from the felt.
从毡上剪下两个小椭圆形。
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- an oval sports field or racing track椭圆形体育场; 椭圆形跑道。
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- Austral. a ground for Australian Rules football〈澳〉澳式橄榄球场。
派生词
ovality
nounovalness
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: from French， or modern Latin ovalis, from Latin ovum 'egg'.