action

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.

中文释义

英 /ˈækʃən̩/|[ˈækʃn̩]|/ˈakʃən̩/|[ˈakʃn̩] 美 /ˈækʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.

The effort of performing or doing something. countable,uncountable
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose. countable,uncountable
A way of motion or functioning. countable,uncountable

— Knead bread with a rocking action.
Fast-paced activity. countable,uncountable

— a movie full of exciting action
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm. countable,uncountable

— Pressing a piano key causes the action of the hammer on the string.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.; The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism. countable,uncountable

— pump-action shotgun
A physical mechanism. countable,uncountable

— Spinola was hovering about the external fittings of the figure with unusual fussiness. When at length he released the left hand it seemed for an almost perceptible moment that the action hung. Then the arm descended and carried out the discard.
The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device. countable,uncountable

— The run in bar 12 is almost impossible with this piano's heavy action.
The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a string instrument. countable,uncountable

— You're getting fret buzz because the action is too low.
Sexual intercourse. countable,slang,uncountable

— She gave him some action.
Combat. countable,uncountable

— He saw some action in the Korean War.
A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio). countable,uncountable
A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M). countable,uncountable
The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time. countable,uncountable
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events. countable,uncountable
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted. countable,uncountable
spin put on the bowling ball. countable,uncountable
A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds. countable,obsolete,uncountable

— So saying he presented him with two actions of above two thousand livres each.
A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church. countable,uncountable

— The Action Sermon is quite simply, then, the eucharistic sermon.
A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings). countable,uncountable
Purposeful behavior. Austrian,countable,uncountable
A demonstration by activists. countable,uncountable

— The protest was set up in less than three weeks by an ad hoc group called Act Up […] According to Kramer, Act Up will continue AIDS-related organizing, possibly including an action at an early June Washington, D.C., AIDS conference for scientists worldwide.
The opportunity to act during a betting round. uncountable

— The action starts with the small blind.
Heavy betting activity. broadly,slang,uncountable

— There was a lot of action on the flop; it was an action flop.

动词 v.

To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect. transitive

— ‘Here, give me the minutes of Monday’s meeting. I’ll action your points for you while you get on and sort out the open day.’
To initiate a legal action against someone. archaic,transitive

— ‘I have no business to settle with you—arrest me, Sir, at your peril and I’ll action you in law for false imprisonment.’

形容词 adj.

arrogant Manglish

感叹词 intj.

Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.

— The director yelled ‘Action!’ after the cameras started rolling.

词形变化

actions plural action! canonical more action comparative most action superlative actions present,singular,third-person actioning participle,present actioned participle,past actioned past

词汇关系

近义词

act action acting cocky deed doing

反义词

inaction omission

下位词

action at a distance direct action social action exploit maneuver misdeed performance perpetration

衍生词

actant actionable action adventure actional action doll actionee actioner actionfest action figure action film action-forcing action game action group action hero action hoe action house actionism actionist action item actionize actionless actionlet actionlike action man action movie actionness action noun action-packed action painter action painting action plan action point action potential action replay action research ActionScript action song action space action sport actions speak louder than words action star action stations action teaching action verb action word actiony actious after-action all talk and no action alternate action apefirmative action back action backaction bioaction bolt-action bolt action call to action capillary action cause of action chose in action civil action class-action class action coaction collective action counteraction course of action cowboy action shooting cross action double action double-action ecoaction enemy action evasive action falling action false action galvanic action general intelligent action geriaction get action grand action holding action hyperaction in action inaction industrial action job action jump into action killed in action labor action labour action leap into action legal action lever action lights, camera, action live action lost in action man of action material action microaction misaction missing in action no-action letter no further action nonaction out of action overaction party to the action Peabody action permissive-action link Phineas action piece of the action plan of action play-action pass police action popular action positive action preaction pre-action principle of least action pump action put into action quantum of action radius of action rearguard action reflection-in-action reflection-on-action repose in action representative action retroaction rising action romaction secondary action self-action shareholders' derivative action slide action spooky action at a distance spring into action stop-action subaction suit the action to the word superaction swing into action take action thing in action unaction underaction unity of action western action shooting zone of action

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Latin āctum
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin āctiō
Old French aucionbor.
Middle English accioun
English action
From Middle English accioun, accion, from Old French aucion, acciun, from Latin āctiō(n) (“act of doing or making”), from āct(us) + action suffix -iō(n), perfect passive participle of agere (“do, act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. See also act, active. By surface analysis, act + -ion.

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