| 单词 | elliptical |
| 分类 | 翻译、意思、用法、释义、英译汉、汉译英、英汉双解词典 |
| 释义 | Related topics: Shapes, patterns, Mathsel·lip·ti·cal /ɪˈlɪptɪkəl/ (also elliptic /-tɪk/) adjective 1 CFhaving the shape of an ellipse 椭圆的；椭圆形的 Kepler published his discovery of the elliptical orbits of planets in 1609. 年开普勒公布他的发现，认为行星轨道为椭圆形。2 CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDelliptical speech or writing is difficult to understand because more is meant than is actually said 〔言辞或文章〕晦涩的，隐晦的 The language is often elliptical and ambiguous. 语言经常是隐晦和模棱两可的。Examples from the Corpuselliptical• The blade is as long as the petiole, elliptical, and dark green with very dark nerves.• Compared with the lectures, the book is condensed, elliptical and impatient.• I gather from the elliptical description that follows that he began to patronize the coffee shop a lot more frequently.• First, how is successful communication possible despite the fact that many utterances produced are incomplete, elliptical or linguistically ill-formed?• The earth moves around the sun in an elliptical orbit.• Kepler first discovered the elliptical orbits of the planets.• The body was supported on three-quarter elliptical springs at the end.• The theme is often hard to find in his elliptical storytelling• Karlin relates the oppressive anti-Semitism his forebears endured in a vague, almost elliptical style with dips into the stream of consciousness.• A striking feature of this architectural style is the elliptical windows.• The Earth is bowl-shaped and elliptical, with a length one and a half times its breadth.Origin elliptical (1600-1700) Greek elleiptikos, from elleipein; → ELLIPSISel·lip·ti·cal adjectiveChineseSyllable ellipse an the having Corpus of shape |
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