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.)).
雙語例句
1. Congress is waiting to see how the Oval Office will react.
國會正觀望總統方麵的反應。
來自《權威詞典》
2. The shape of the earth is an oval.
地球的形狀是個橢圓形.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The leaf is oval in shape.
葉呈橢圓形.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. The clock stands on an oval marble base, enclosed by a glass dome.
鍾放在橢圓形的大理石基座上，外罩玻璃罩。
來自柯林斯例句
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.