ovate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈəʊ.veɪt/    美 /ˈoʊ.veɪt/|/ˈəʉ.væɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An egg-shaped hand axe.
    — Slightly derived handaxes from the Mildenhall glaciofluvial sands, generally in fresh condition and dominated by ovates and cordates.
  2. An Irish bard.
  3. A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
  4. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.
动词 v.
  1. To give someone an ovation. rare,transitive
  2. To applaud enthusiastically. intransitive,rare
形容词 adj.
  1. Shaped like an egg.
    — The Geese, Anserinæ, have the body ovate, the head small, the bill stout and somewhat conical; the legs rather long; the wings of great length and breadth.
  2. With the broadest extremity near the base.

词形变化

more ovate comparative most ovate superlative ovates plural ovates plural ovates present,singular,third-person ovating participle,present ovated participle,past ovated past

词汇关系

近义词
egg-shaped ovoid
衍生词
lance-ovate obovate ovately semiovate subovate
相关词
ovation ovational ovationary

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
词源 2
Ultimately from a Celtic language, see Proto-Celtic *wātis.
词源 3
Borrowed from Latin ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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