movement

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Physical motion between points in space. countable,uncountable
    — I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.
  2. A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch. countable,uncountable
  3. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc. countable,uncountable
  4. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals. countable,uncountable
    — social movement
  5. A large division of a larger composition. countable,uncountable
    — Beethoven's movements
  6. Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace. countable,uncountable
  7. An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing. countable,uncountable
    — Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.
  8. The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight. countable,uncountable
    — The movement on his cutter was devastating.
  9. A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge. countable,uncountable
  10. Ellipsis of bowel movement (“an act of emptying the bowels”). abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — when after a movement feces are streaked with blood and the patient suffers from sphincter algia, a fissure should be suspected,
  11. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion. countable,obsolete,uncountable

词形变化

movements plural mov. alternative,abbreviation movt alternative,abbreviation mvmt alternative,abbreviation mvt alternative,abbreviation

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin movēre
Old French movoir
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -ment
Old French movementbor.
Middle English mevement
English movement
From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring.
Morphologically move + -ment.
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