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.)).
中文解释
1. ov- "egg" + -al.2. => egg-shaped.
实用例句
1. Congress is waiting to see how the Oval Office will react.
国会正观望总统方面的反应。
来自《权威词典》
2. The shape of the earth is an oval.
地球的形状是个椭圆形.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The leaf is oval in shape.
叶呈椭圆形.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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.