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单词 locomoted
释义

locomote

verb

lo·​co·​mote ˈlō-kə-ˌmōt How to pronounce locomote (audio)
locomoted; locomoting

intransitive verb

: to move about

Synonyms

  • budge
  • move
  • shift
  • stir
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Example Sentences

most babies begin to locomote—by crawling—when they are seven to ten months old
Recent Examples on the Web All reasonably healthy individuals can locomote at the necessary speed to beat the cutoffs for any ultramarathon. Jason Koop, Outside Online, 19 July 2017 The general idea of this research is to get robots to learn to locomote in much the way human toddlers do. Matt Simon, Wired, 5 Jan. 2021 The idea of connecting to our ancestral past requires us to locomote as we are evolved to do, using our senses and making sure the mind and body are in union. Bill Hatcher, National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2016

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from locomotion

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

locomoted

verb

past tense of locomote
as in shifted
to change one's position most babies begin to locomote—by crawling—when they are seven to ten months old

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • shifted
  • moved
  • stirred
  • twitched
  • squirmed
  • wiggled
  • tossed
  • fidgeted
  • fiddled
  • budged
  • wriggled
  • writhed
  • jiggled
  • squiggled
  • roused

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • froze
  • remained
  • stayed
  • hung around
  • stilled
  • stuck around
  • stabilized
  • tarried
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