elliptical

英 [ɪˈlɪptɪkl]

美 [ɪˈlɪptɪkl]

adj.  省略的; 隐晦的; 椭圆的; 椭圆形的

CET6TOEFLGRETEM8医学

BNC.20146 / COCA.13889

牛津词典

adj.

• 省略的；隐晦的
  with a word or words left out of a sentence deliberately
  1. an elliptical remark (= one that suggests more than is actually said)
     隐晦的话
• 椭圆的；椭圆形的
  connected with or in the form of an ellipse

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 椭圆形的;椭圆的
  Something that isellipticalhas the shape of an ellipse.
  1. ...the moon's elliptical orbit...
     月球的椭圆形轨道
  2. The stadium is elliptical in plan.
     在设计图上，体育场呈椭圆形。
• ADJ-GRADED 隐讳的;间接的
  Ellipticalreferences to something are indirect rather than clear.
  1. ...Kirsty Gunn's austere, elliptical account of a childhood tragedy.
     柯丝蒂·甘对一段童年不幸遭遇的朴实、委婉的记述
  2. ...elliptical references to problems best not aired in public.
     对那些不宜当众谈及的问题的隐诲提及

双语例句

• Their home gym is equipped with weights, an elliptical machine, a treadmill and a spin bike.
  他们的家庭健身房配有负重训练所需的器械，一台椭圆健身机，一台跑步机和一辆动感自行车。
• In an elliptical orbit.
  ，在椭圆轨道中。
• With its original elliptical hands this clock changes shape like a satellite changes orbit.
  凭借其原来的椭圆形手这个时钟的改变形状像一个卫星改变轨道。
• And plenty of people do all they can to avoid jogging, cycling and elliptical machines.
  而极尽可能地避免慢跑、骑车和玩椭圆机的人类也多得是。
• A cylindrical surface or solid all of whose sections perpendicular to the elements are elliptical.
  与组成要素垂直的所有圆柱形表面或柱体的部分是椭圆形的柱体adj。
• The propagation properties of elliptical Hermite-Gaussian light beam in a strongly nonlocal nonlinear medium are studied.
  研究了椭圆厄米高斯光束在强非局域非线性介质中的传输特性。
• In the specific model we developed, elliptical galaxies have roughly equal numbers of each type.
  在我们所发展出的模型里，这两类星团在椭圆星系中的数量大致上是差不多的。
• It's always negative. Okay, later in the course we will cover elliptical orbits.
  总是负的，好吧，以后的课，我们会讲椭圆轨道。
• Elliptical galaxies do not take on the flat-disk or spiral shapes that most galaxies do.
  椭圆星系并不具有大多数星系具有的扁圆或是螺旋型的外形。
• Asymmetrical elliptical or bell shaped for interactive faults;
  不对称的似椭圆状或钟状代表断层间的相互作用；