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单词 migrate
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migrateverb

uk/maɪˈɡreɪt/us/ˈmaɪ.ɡreɪt/

migrate verb (TRAVEL/MOVE)

[ I ] When an animal migrates, it travels to a different place, usually when the season changes:

These animals migrate annually in search of food.
In September, these birds migrate 2,000 miles south to a warmer climate.

[ I ] If people migrate, they travel in large numbers to a new place to live temporarily:

Mexican farm workers migrate into the US each year to find work at harvest time.

[ I ] to move from one place to another:

Trade has migrated from local shops to the larger chain stores.

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Animal (non-human) behaviour

  • accidental
  • eusocial
  • fledge
  • frisk
  • lap
  • maul
  • migrant
  • mob
  • molt
  • nest
  • nuzzle
  • perch
  • prey
  • ruminate
  • scratch
  • shy
  • skitter
  • slaver 1
  • torpor
  • trot

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Changing homes & moving
Departing

migrate verb (COMPUTING)

[ I or T ] specialized computing to begin using a new computer system, or to move information from one type of system to another:

Migrating to Windows XP shouldn't cause you any problems.

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Computer concepts

  • aeroplane mode
  • airplane mode
  • atomicity
  • augmented reality
  • back end
  • blogosphere
  • clone
  • cloud
  • corruption
  • default to sth
  • electronic
  • gigabyte
  • multimedia
  • reboot
  • template
  • tuple
  • virtual
  • virtually
  • web hosting
  • what you see is what you get idiom

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migration
noun [ C or U ] uk/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/us/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/

C1

There was a mass migration of poverty-struck farmers into the cities.
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immigration
emigration (emigrate)
migratory
adjective uk/ˈmaɪ.ɡrə.tər.i//maɪˈɡreɪ.tər.i/us/ˈmaɪ.ɡrə.tɔːr.i/

migratory birds
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