ovine

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈəʊvaɪn/    美 /ˈoʊˌvaɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep.
  2. A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep. figuratively
    — At present, municipal councillors play at party politics by organizing the ovine members who do not know how to vote until a Party Whip tells them, and opposing independent candidates at the elections. The remedy for this is the exclusion of ovines from the municipal panel.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis. comparable
    — […] Dr. [Mauro] Legni reported to him a month afterward that the ovination had been successful, and that no marked differences had been observable between the vesicles produced by the ovine and those produced by the vaccine lymph. Dr. Legni added, that he had continued to propagate the ovine lymph on children.
  2. Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly. comparable,figuratively
    — The Patient from being Maniacl, or raging mad, became vvholly Ovine or Sheepiſh; he bleated perpetually, and chevv'd the Cud: […]

词形变化

more ovine comparative most ovine superlative ovines plural

词汇关系

上位词
caprid caprine
衍生词
antiovine corticorelin ovine triflutate infectious ovine keratoconjunctivitis nonovine ovine acetonaemia ovine acetonemia ovine babesiosis ovine-caprine lentivirus ovine ecthyma vaccine ovine foot rot ovine genital campylobacteriosis ovine genital vibriosis ovinely ovine mastitis ovine progressive pneumonia ovine pulmonary adenomatosis ovine smallpox ovinized ovispirin
相关词
oviform Ovinae ovination Ovis sheeple
并列词
aquiline asinine avine bovine canine caprine elephantine equine falconine feline leonine lupine murine pantherine piscine porcine ranine serpentine suilline taurine vulpine zebrine

词源

词源 1
The adjective is borrowed from Late Latin ovīnus (“ovine”) + English -ine (suffix with the sense ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). Ovīnus is derived from Latin ovis (“sheep”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”), possibly from *h₂ew- (“to clothe oneself, dress; to be dressed”) in the sense of something that provides woollen clothing) + -īnus (suffix with the sense ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). By surface analysis, ove- + -ine.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
词源 2
The adjective is borrowed from Late Latin ovīnus (“ovine”) + English -ine (suffix with the sense ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). Ovīnus is derived from Latin ovis (“sheep”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”), possibly from *h₂ew- (“to clothe oneself, dress; to be dressed”) in the sense of something that provides woollen clothing) + -īnus (suffix with the sense ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). By surface analysis, ove- + -ine.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
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