English Dictionary

ovine

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈəʊvaɪn/

形容詞

比較可能 比喩的用法

(comparable) Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.

日本語の意味

羊に関する、または羊に似た / 羊属（Ovis属）の動物に関する

Researchers studied the ovine placenta to better understand maternal-fetal interactions in mammals.

研究者たちは、哺乳類の母子相互作用をよりよく理解するために、羊の胎盤を研究した。

意味（1）

(comparable) Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.

[…] Dr. [Mauro] Legni reported to him a month afterward that the ovination had been successful, and that no marked differences had been observable between the vesicles produced by the ovine and those produced by the vaccine lymph. Dr. Legni added, that he had continued to propagate the ovine lymph on children.

意味（2）

(comparable, figuratively) Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly.

The Patient from being Maniacl, or raging mad, became vvholly Ovine or Sheepiſh; he bleated perpetually, and chevv'd the Cud: […]

more ovine （ comparative ）

most ovine （ superlative ）