单词 | locomotility |
释义 | locomotilityn. Capacity for locomotion; the ability to move about or change position. Cf. locomobility n., locomotivity n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > [noun] > faculty or opportunity of coursec1400 locomotive faculty1612 locomotive power1640 locomotive1649 locomotivity1752 mobility1777 locomobility1785 travel1816 locomotility1828 motiveness1828 1828 N. Amer. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 6 94 In all there is locomotility or the faculty of changing the position of the parts. 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) at Locomotion The faculty [of locomotion] is sometimes called Locomotivity, and Locomotility. 1887 Med. News 51 86/2 It distinctly adds to the comfortable locomotility of my patients. 1980 Jrnl. Hist. Biol. 13 309 Blainville defined animals as organized beings possessing sensibility and locomotility. 2003 C. Valier Crime & Punishment in Contemp. Culture iii. 56 Chicagoans were less sure that increasing locomotility necessarily brought progress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。