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单词 locomotion
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Definition of locomotion in English:

locomotion

noun ləʊkəˈməʊʃ(ə)nˌloʊkəˈmoʊʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • Movement or the ability to move from one place to another.

    the muscles that are concerned with locomotion
    he preferred walking to other forms of locomotion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Though rarely seen, it appears always to be close at hand and never at a loss for means of locomotion and transport.
    • These life forms most likely have appendages for the purpose of locomotion.
    • As her pain made locomotion distressing, the father had to carry his daughter home.
    • We, as bipeds, creatures with two legs, move with bipedal locomotion.
    • The transition to axial locomotion occurs at near maximum sustained swimming speed.
    • It resembles no natural form of locomotion I can think of.
    • However, the transition from cursorial to aerial locomotion and maneuvering was not as simple as growing large wings.
    • They're graceful in the trees, and their method of locomotion on the ground can only be described as ‘having it large’.
    • The next step in animal locomotion is to subject animals to perturbations and reveal the function of all their parts.
    • Can the central nervous system learn to change the timing of activation of muscles in order to generate proper locomotion?
    • This freed their hands for purposes other than locomotion.
    • This form of bipedal locomotion is a waddling gait.
    • In salamanders, both swimming and ambulatory locomotion involves lateral body bending.
    • Higher-level control of locomotion seems to be more important for humans than for cats.
    • At the first level, one asks how a propulsor is built and how it moves during locomotion.
    • If you were to place a bicycle wheel on a stool in a museum you'd be talking about the properties of locomotion - how the wheel interacts with the stool.
    • The history of this area is bound up in locomotion.
    • Adult cats also have the ability to express hindlimb locomotion after complete spinalisation.
    • The central experience of aerial locomotion, however, has been so well designed that you can happily spend an hour just swinging around.
    • The walking gait maneuver is the body's natural means of locomotion.
    Synonyms
    movement, motion, moving, shifting, stirring, action
    travel, travelling
    mobility, motility
    walking, ambulation, perambulation, running
    progress, progression, passage, transit, transport, headway

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin loco, ablative of locus 'place' + motio (see motion).

Rhymes

commotion, devotion, emotion, groschen, Laotian, lotion, motion, notion, Nova Scotian, ocean, potion, promotion
 
 

Definition of locomotion in US English:

locomotion

nounˌlōkəˈmōSH(ə)nˌloʊkəˈmoʊʃ(ə)n
  • Movement or the ability to move from one place to another.

    the muscles that are concerned with locomotion
    he preferred walking to other forms of locomotion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It resembles no natural form of locomotion I can think of.
    • The transition to axial locomotion occurs at near maximum sustained swimming speed.
    • However, the transition from cursorial to aerial locomotion and maneuvering was not as simple as growing large wings.
    • These life forms most likely have appendages for the purpose of locomotion.
    • They're graceful in the trees, and their method of locomotion on the ground can only be described as ‘having it large’.
    • The walking gait maneuver is the body's natural means of locomotion.
    • As her pain made locomotion distressing, the father had to carry his daughter home.
    • At the first level, one asks how a propulsor is built and how it moves during locomotion.
    • If you were to place a bicycle wheel on a stool in a museum you'd be talking about the properties of locomotion - how the wheel interacts with the stool.
    • The next step in animal locomotion is to subject animals to perturbations and reveal the function of all their parts.
    • The central experience of aerial locomotion, however, has been so well designed that you can happily spend an hour just swinging around.
    • The history of this area is bound up in locomotion.
    • This freed their hands for purposes other than locomotion.
    • We, as bipeds, creatures with two legs, move with bipedal locomotion.
    • This form of bipedal locomotion is a waddling gait.
    • Adult cats also have the ability to express hindlimb locomotion after complete spinalisation.
    • Though rarely seen, it appears always to be close at hand and never at a loss for means of locomotion and transport.
    • Higher-level control of locomotion seems to be more important for humans than for cats.
    • In salamanders, both swimming and ambulatory locomotion involves lateral body bending.
    • Can the central nervous system learn to change the timing of activation of muscles in order to generate proper locomotion?
    Synonyms
    movement, motion, moving, shifting, stirring, action

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin loco, ablative of locus ‘place’ + motio (see motion).

 
 
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