粵

橢to5圓jyun4形jing4

simp椭圆形
to5 jyun4 jing4tuǒ yuán xíng

English

  1. oval
  2. oval; ellipse

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 拉長、拉扁咗嘅圓形;用兩個固定點,離兩點總距離不變噉運行一周畫成嘅形狀(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 她有一張橢圓形的臉。

    She has an oval face.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 由於軌道是橢圓形的,行星和太陽之間的距離不會總是相同。

    Since the orbits are elliptical, the planets do not always have the same distance from the Sun.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 一面橢圓形鏡子

    an oval mirror

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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