prolate

形容词 prolate:

1. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
   同义词：watermelon-shaped
2. rounded like an egg
   同义词：egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid

pro.late

adj.（形容词）
Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its longer axis.
长椭圆形的：将椭圆围绕其较长的轴自转而产生的回转椭球体形状的
Having the polar axis longer than the equatorial diameter:
长球面的：垂直对称轴比环状结构平面最大直径长的：
例句：
a prolate spheroid.
长球体

来源：
Latin prôl3tus [past participle of] prôferre [to stretch out]
拉丁语 prôl3tus [] prôferre的过去分词 [伸展]
prô- [forth] * see pro-
prô- [向前] *参见 pro-
l3tus [brought] * see tel…-
l3tus [带来] *参见 tel…-

【引伸】
pro.late.ly
adv.（副词）
pro.late.ness
n.（名词）