| 单词 | motile |
| 释义 | motile (once / 55752 pages) 1adj 2n In medicine and science, something that's motile can move. Most animals have muscles that give them the ability to move around — in other words, they're motile. Biologists are interested in whether or not very small organisms are motile. Some doctors are concerned with how motile a person's digestive system is, or how efficiently food is moving through it. The movement itself is called motility, and both words come from the French motilité, from the Latin motus, or "motion," with motile copying the form of mobile. WORD FAMILYmotile: immotile, motiles, motility, nonmotile+/immotile: immotility/motility: hypermotility USAGE EXAMPLESLike cycads — their gymnosperm relatives — and ferns, the ginkgo produces motile sperm. New York Times(Oct 29, 2015) As they beat back and forth outside the cell, coordinated brushes of so-called motile cilia regulate fluid flow nearby. Scientific American(Dec 10, 2014) Dr. Fisher’s lab discovered that as trophoblasts invade, they alter certain proteins on their surfaces, called adhesion molecules, to become more motile. New York Times(Jul 14, 2014) 1 adj (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement 2Syn mobile moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place) n one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action Hyper beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses |
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