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单词 elliptical
释义
elliptical
adjective
uk
/iˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/us
/iˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/

ellipticaladjective(SHAPE)

(alsoelliptic,uk/iˈlɪp.tɪk/us/iˈlɪp.tɪk/)
having anovalshape
椭圆（形）的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geometry: properties of circles & curves
  • amplitude
  • arched
  • bore
  • circularity
  • circumference
  • circumferential
  • concave
  • concavity
  • concentric
  • conic
  • curvature
  • curved
  • curvy
  • gauge
  • incisura
  • osculate
  • parabolic
  • sinuous
  • sinuously
  • spiral
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ellipticaladjective(LANGUAGE)

formal
Ellipticallanguagehaspartsmissing, so that it is sometimesdifficulttounderstand:
（语言等）省略的，晦涩的，隐晦的
Hismessagewas written in adeliberatelyellipticalstyle.他的留言故意写得很隐晦。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
  • bury the ledeidiom
  • candy coat
  • candy coating
  • candy-coated
  • circumlocutory
  • equivocate
  • euphemism
  • hedge
  • hedging
  • implicit
  • implicitly
  • indirectly
  • lede
  • mincing
  • move offsomething/on (tosomething)
  • obfuscate
  • obscure
  • sanitize
  • stray
  • veil
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Related word

elliptically
(Definition ofellipticalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

elliptical| American Dictionary

elliptical
adjective
us
/ɪˈlɪp·tɪ·kəl/
geometry
shapedlike anellipse
(Definition ofellipticalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofelliptical

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Ellipticalpatterns indicate domalbasinal structures with synclastic curvature, that is, principal curvatures of the same sign.
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Figure 5 depicts the maximum wave amplitude around the coast of anellipticalisland whose major axis is twice the minor axis.
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However, the approximateellipticalvortices become elongated to an arbitrarily great extent in this limit, whereas the actual solutions do not.
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The other case is anellipticalsheet, $x2+ y2 = 1, enclosing a stagnant core.
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During periodic sloshing, the air core sustained shape transformations, assuming anellipticalcrosssection a t the end, and then collapsed forming a pair of vortices.
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The local variations in the strain field around a vortex disturb the vortex, preventing it from retaining a simple,ellipticalshape.
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The rate a t which the instability destroys theellipticalsolution is, however, very slow as figure 17 illustrates.
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They areelliptical, flattened, of a light yellowish green colour and measure 1-6 mm. in length, and hatch after seven to nine days.
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Due to the different beam emittances in the ver tical and horizontal directions, the focal spot has anellipticalshape.
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The initial images for the 10-cm-diameter load are slightlyelliptical.
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On the other hand, the occasionallyellipticalwriting style sometimes gives the impression that vital information has been edited out.
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Things get harder whenellipticalexpressions are given by the user, which may lead to more than one acceptable commands.
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The energy effect can cause anellipticalbeam to become more rectangular whereas the image force can turn the beam spot into a diamond shape.
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Secondly, this parallel velocity changes the shape of the g yrotrajectory, making it not circular butelliptical.
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A largeellipticalconfiguration of loudspeakers was chosen and installed to consciously underline the geometry and the huge dimensions of the empty space under construction.
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