单词 | immobile |
释义 | immobile (once / 2437 pages) adj Something immobile can't move or be moved — it's locked or stuck in place. If you know that mobile things move around, then you're halfway to understanding what immobile means: this refers to anything that can't move. A mountain is immobile; no one's moving that. Sometimes people who are very large — like offensive lineman — are described as immobile, because they are big and hard to move. When something is immobile, it's not going anywhere. WORD FAMILYimmobile: immobilely, immobilise, immobility, immobilize+/demobilise: demobilised, demobilising/demobilization: demobilizations/demobilize: demobilization, demobilized, demobilizes, demobilizing/immobilise: immobilisation, immobilised, immobilising/immobility: immobilities/immobilize: immobilization, immobilized, immobilizes, immobilizing/mobile: immobile, mobiles, mobilise, mobility, mobilize/mobilisation: demobilisation, mobilisations/mobilise: demobilise, mobilisation, mobilised, mobilises, mobilising/mobilization: mobilizations/mobilize: demobilize, mobilization, mobilized, mobilizes, mobilizing USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s not only wages that are stuck, frozen, immobile. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) He saw someone he believed to be the attacker on the ground, a person lying immobile and face-down. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) Each day during the trial, Mair remained immobile and impassive, staring straight ahead and rarely looking around. The Guardian(Nov 23, 2016) 1adj not capable of movement or of being moved Syn|Ant immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable not able or intended to be moved immotile, nonmotile(of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement stiffnot moving or operating freely nonmoving, unmovingnot in motion mobile moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place) airbornemoved or conveyed by or through air ambulant, ambulatoryable to walk about floatinginclined to move or be moved about maneuverable, manoeuvrablecapable of maneuvering or changing position mechanised, mechanized, motorizedusing vehicles motile(of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement movable, moveable, transferable, transferrable, transportablecapable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another perambulatingstrolling or walking around racydesigned or suitable for competing in a race raisable, raiseablecapable of being raised rangyadapted to wandering or roaming rotatablecapable of being rotated seaborneconveyed by sea transplantablecapable of being transplanted versatileable to move freely in all directions waterbornetransported by water movingin motion 2adj securely fixed in place Syn fast, firm fixed securely placed or fastened or set |
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