locomotorn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌləʊkəˈməʊtə/, U.S.

/ˌloʊkəˈmoʊdər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin locō , locus , motor n.

Etymology: < classical Latin locō, ablative of locus locus n.¹ + motor n., after locomotion n. In use as adjective probably largely after French locomoteur (1690 in faculté locomotrice ; 1825 as noun, denoting a steam engine). Compare locomotive n., locomotive adj., and also locomotory adj., locomote v.

A. n.

A person or thing having locomotive power; a mover from one place to another; a part or device powering or facilitating locomotion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > [noun] > one who or that which

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locomotor1822

1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Mar. 284/1 They [sc. kangaroos] would show as fair a pair of hind-shifters as the expertest loco-motor in the colony.

1832 Entomol. Mag. Sept. 8 In Aphrodita they [sc. the feet] are all locomotors; whilst in Scolopendra the first pairs begin to tend towards the head,..to transform themselves into masticatory organs.

1869 Daily News 2 June There are several improved specimens of the new locomotor on view.

1880 Telegr. Jrnl. & Electr. Rev. 15 Dec. 416/2 Batteries and other paraphernalia that are usually associated with electric locomotors.

1883 Longman's Mag. Oct. 594 [Cycling] Everyone his own locomotor against time.

1914 Cent. Mag. July 342/1 It would..save the nation colossal tribute to use our own locomotors; in a word, build ships and use our own sea-legs.

1966 Bull. Atomic Scientists Oct. 6/2 The automobile is evolving into an all-purpose exoskeleton now augmented not only with locomotors but also a variety of sensors, effectors, and communicators.

1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) vi. ii. 213/2 Spider monkeys..and the muriqui or woolly spider monkey..are fast and acrobatic suspensory locomotors.

2005 D. Duane Wizards at War (2007) 179 Crowded around the towers' bases were many shapes that Dairine had invented—mobiles with all kinds of manipulating devices and oculars, sporting locomotors of every kind, from legs to wheels to treads.

B. adj.

Chiefly Zoology. Of, relating to, or concerned with locomotion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > [adjective] > specifically of animates

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locomotor1844

1844 Med. Times 25 May 182/3 The fructified ovum or egg does not enter the womb by a plastic, but by a real locomotor movement.

1880 H. C. Bastian Brain 70 Animals..devoid of..locomotor appendages.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. vi. 127 The growth of this large sac, pressing on the sheep's brain, produces the locomotor disorders.

1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) iii. 224/1 Ctenophores..retain cilia as locomotor organs throughout life.

2006 K. D. Rose Beginning Age Mammals x. 188/2 Omomyids are interpreted to have been..comparable in size and locomotor behavior to extant Cheirogaleus (dwarf lemurs).

Compounds

locomotor ataxia n. [after French ataxie locomotrice (progressive) (G. B. A. Duchenne 1858, in Arch. gén. de méd. 2 641)] Medicine the abnormal gait (unsteady and high-stepping) associated with neurosyphilis of the posterior roots of the spinal cord (tabes dorsalis); (also) tabes dorsalis itself.

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1859 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 24 187 He then ascertained him to be affected with ataxie locomotrice in the third stage.]

1864 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 47 165 We propose to confine our attention to a review of the present state of knowledge regarding locomotor ataxia, as it has been called in reference to its peculiar symptoms, or tabes dorsalia, as it has been more significantly termed in view of its anatomical characters.

1900 Harper's Weekly 24 Mar. 282 (advt.) Locomotor ataxia conquered at last. Specialists amazed at recovery of patients thought incurable.

1972 R. A. Willis & A. T. Willis Princ. Pathol. & Bacteriol. (ed. 3) xvi. 201 The quaternary syphilitic diseases are (1) general paralysis of the insane or dementia paralytica, and (2) locomotor ataxia or tabes dorsalis.

2004 L. Erdrich Four Souls (2005) iv. 39 The doctor paused dramatically. ‘Your husband suffers from a locomotor ataxia and melancholic neuralgia.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	locomotor
释义	locomotorn.adj. Brit. /ˌləʊkəˈməʊtə/, U.S. /ˌloʊkəˈmoʊdər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin locō , locus , motor n. Etymology: < classical Latin locō, ablative of locus locus n.¹ + motor n., after locomotion n. In use as adjective probably largely after French locomoteur (1690 in faculté locomotrice ; 1825 as noun, denoting a steam engine). Compare locomotive n., locomotive adj., and also locomotory adj., locomote v. A. n. A person or thing having locomotive power; a mover from one place to another; a part or device powering or facilitating locomotion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > [noun] > one who or that which goera1382 locomotor1822 1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Mar. 284/1 They [sc. kangaroos] would show as fair a pair of hind-shifters as the expertest loco-motor in the colony. 1832 Entomol. Mag. Sept. 8 In Aphrodita they [sc. the feet] are all locomotors; whilst in Scolopendra the first pairs begin to tend towards the head,..to transform themselves into masticatory organs. 1869 Daily News 2 June There are several improved specimens of the new locomotor on view. 1880 Telegr. Jrnl. & Electr. Rev. 15 Dec. 416/2 Batteries and other paraphernalia that are usually associated with electric locomotors. 1883 Longman's Mag. Oct. 594 [Cycling] Everyone his own locomotor against time. 1914 Cent. Mag. July 342/1 It would..save the nation colossal tribute to use our own locomotors; in a word, build ships and use our own sea-legs. 1966 Bull. Atomic Scientists Oct. 6/2 The automobile is evolving into an all-purpose exoskeleton now augmented not only with locomotors but also a variety of sensors, effectors, and communicators. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) vi. ii. 213/2 Spider monkeys..and the muriqui or woolly spider monkey..are fast and acrobatic suspensory locomotors. 2005 D. Duane Wizards at War (2007) 179 Crowded around the towers' bases were many shapes that Dairine had invented—mobiles with all kinds of manipulating devices and oculars, sporting locomotors of every kind, from legs to wheels to treads. B. adj. Chiefly Zoology. Of, relating to, or concerned with locomotion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > [adjective] > specifically of animates progressive1535 locomotor1844 1844 Med. Times 25 May 182/3 The fructified ovum or egg does not enter the womb by a plastic, but by a real locomotor movement. 1880 H. C. Bastian Brain 70 Animals..devoid of..locomotor appendages. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. vi. 127 The growth of this large sac, pressing on the sheep's brain, produces the locomotor disorders. 1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) iii. 224/1 Ctenophores..retain cilia as locomotor organs throughout life. 2006 K. D. Rose Beginning Age Mammals x. 188/2 Omomyids are interpreted to have been..comparable in size and locomotor behavior to extant Cheirogaleus (dwarf lemurs). Compounds locomotor ataxia n. [after French ataxie locomotrice (progressive) (G. B. A. Duchenne 1858, in Arch. gén. de méd. 2 641)] Medicine the abnormal gait (unsteady and high-stepping) associated with neurosyphilis of the posterior roots of the spinal cord (tabes dorsalis); (also) tabes dorsalis itself. ΚΠ 1859 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 24 187 He then ascertained him to be affected with ataxie locomotrice in the third stage.] 1864 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 47 165 We propose to confine our attention to a review of the present state of knowledge regarding locomotor ataxia, as it has been called in reference to its peculiar symptoms, or tabes dorsalia, as it has been more significantly termed in view of its anatomical characters. 1900 Harper's Weekly 24 Mar. 282 (advt.) Locomotor ataxia conquered at last. Specialists amazed at recovery of patients thought incurable. 1972 R. A. Willis & A. T. Willis Princ. Pathol. & Bacteriol. (ed. 3) xvi. 201 The quaternary syphilitic diseases are (1) general paralysis of the insane or dementia paralytica, and (2) locomotor ataxia or tabes dorsalis. 2004 L. Erdrich Four Souls (2005) iv. 39 The doctor paused dramatically. ‘Your husband suffers from a locomotor ataxia and melancholic neuralgia.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1822
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