n.[生]卵，卵子，卵形装饰

英文释义

n. A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.

n. One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.

词干

ovum 卵子
→ 来自拉丁语ovum，卵，词源同egg.