| 单词 | elliptic |
| 释义 | elliptic (once / 15390 pages) 1adj 2adj WORD FAMILY elliptic: elliptically, ellipticity+/ellipse: ellipsoid, elliptic, elliptical/ellipsoid: ellipsoidal, ellipsoids USAGE EXAMPLESThe critiques articulated what some admirers of the late “maximum leader” ignored or only elliptically acknowledged: he was a dictator. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) He spoke elliptically, something he is famous for. The New Yorker(Oct 10, 2016) The statutory text only awkwardly or elliptically addresses electronic privacy issues that have emerged in 2016 thirty calendar years and multiple technological revolutions later. Washington Times(Jul 18, 2016) 1 1adj rounded like an egg Syn egg-shaped, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate rounded curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged 2adj (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse 2Syn simple, unsubdivided (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions adj characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints Syn elliptical concise expressing much in few words |
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