spheroid

英 ['sfɪərɔɪd] 美 ['sfɪrɔɪd]

• n. 球状体；椭球体；棒球

英英释义

Noun:

1. a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes;

   "it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. As we all know,the earth is a spheroid.
   正如我们所知道的，地球是一个椭球体。

经典引文

• The earth is an oblate spheroid.

  出自： D. Brewster

词汇搭配

• mean spheroid 平均椭球体
• reference spheroid 参考椭球
• oblate spheroid 扁球面,扁球...
• spheroid mass 球体质量
• spheroid joint 球窝关节

近反义词

【近义词】

• circular 圆形的
• bubble 气泡
• ball 球
• ellipsoid of revolution 回转椭球