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单词 motionless
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Definition of motionless in English:

motionless

adjective ˈməʊʃ(ə)nləsˈmoʊʃ(ə)nləs
  • Not moving; stationary.

    an eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hundreds of people were standing, motionless and quiet, watching the screens with open mouths.
    • Everybody simply stood motionless and horrified as the guy pulled back his arm and threw a punch at the old man's head.
    • The victim's partner lay unconscious and motionless on the pavement for seven minutes after the attack.
    • There's a jerk and the glider seems to hang for a moment, poised motionless.
    • When I got to him he wasn't breathing, and was lying motionless on the road.
    Synonyms
    unmoving, still, stationary, stock-still, at a standstill, immobile, immovable, static, at rest, halted, stopped, not moving a muscle, rooted to the spot, transfixed, paralysed, frozen, inert, inanimate, quiescent, lifeless

Derivatives

  • motionlessly

  • adverb ˈməʊʃ(ə)nləsliˈmoʊʃ(ə)nləsli
    • Stunned, the woman stared at the floor motionlessly, unsure of what was to be asked of her.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • All I could see was blood everywhere, with my father lying motionlessly on the floor, the greater part of his body covered in the ash from the fire.
      • As I sat motionlessly on the bed, Vin walked in and closed the door behind him.
      • I sit there motionlessly, hands on the steering wheel.
      • But they gazed motionlessly at some far-away nothingness.
      • Chris stood there, quietly, staring motionlessly at the ground.
 
 

Definition of motionless in US English:

motionless

adjectiveˈmoʊʃ(ə)nləsˈmōSH(ə)nləs
  • Not moving; stationary.

    an eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everybody simply stood motionless and horrified as the guy pulled back his arm and threw a punch at the old man's head.
    • The victim's partner lay unconscious and motionless on the pavement for seven minutes after the attack.
    • There's a jerk and the glider seems to hang for a moment, poised motionless.
    • When I got to him he wasn't breathing, and was lying motionless on the road.
    • Hundreds of people were standing, motionless and quiet, watching the screens with open mouths.
    Synonyms
    unmoving, still, stationary, stock-still, at a standstill, immobile, immovable, static, at rest, halted, stopped, not moving a muscle, rooted to the spot, transfixed, paralysed, frozen, inert, inanimate, quiescent, lifeless
 
 
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