| 单词 | motion |
| 释义 | motion (once / 72 pages) nv Motion is the way things get from place to place. The ball rolling down a hill is in motion, and as Isaac Newton once proved, it will remain in motion until it hits a wall or something else that makes it stop. When motion is used as a noun, it describes movement, like the motion that propels a car from one end of the highway to another. When used as a verb, motion means to signal or direct. "A restaurant patron will motion to the server when he's ready for the check." Someone who is just "going through the motions" doesn't have to move at all, because they're just pretending. WORD FAMILYmotion: motional, motioned, motioning, motionless, motions+/motionless: motionlessly, motionlessness USAGE EXAMPLESThe motion that prompted Monday’s hearing was submitted under seal. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) In 2012, the Michigan Legislature passed Public Act 520 establishing wolves a game species and setting in motion plans for a statewide hunting season. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The impeachment motion cites the pardons in accusing Ms. Park of selling favors. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the act of changing location from one place to another police controlled the motion of the crowd Syn|Hypo|Hyper move, movement approach, approaching, coming the act of drawing spatially closer to something advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progressionthe act of moving forward (as toward a goal) locomotion, travelself-propelled movement lunge, lurchthe act of moving forward suddenly travel, traveling, travellingthe act of going from one place to another chase, following, pursual, pursuitthe act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture ascending, ascension, ascent, risethe act of changing location in an upward direction descentthe act of changing your location in a downward direction swing, swinging, vacillationchanging location by moving back and forth returnthe act of going back to a prior location coast, glide, slidethe act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it slippagefailing to hold or slipping out of place flow, streamthe act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression crawla very slow movement hurrying, speed, speedingchanging location rapidly displacement, translationthe act of uniform movement shift, shiftingthe act of moving from one place to another haste, hurry, rush, rushingthe act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner maneuver, manoeuvre, playa deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill migrationthe movement of persons from one country or locality to another emigration, expatriation, out-migrationmigration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) immigration, in-migrationmigration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) accessthe act of approaching or entering closing, closureapproaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap landing approachthe approach to a landing field by an airplane pushan effort to advance career, life historythe general progression of your working or professional life marcha steady advance clear sailing, easy going, plain sailingeasy unobstructed progress brachiationswinging by the arms from branch to branch walk, walkingthe act of traveling by foot walkthe act of walking somewhere stepthe act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down gaita horse's manner of moving run, runningthe act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace jog, lope, trota slow pace of running crawl, crawling, creep, creepinga slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body circle, circuit, lapmovement once around a course circumnavigationtraveling around something (by ship or plane) peregrinationtraveling or wandering around traversal, traversetravel across roving, vagabondage, wanderingtravelling about without any clear destination wayfaringtraveling (especially on foot) crossingtraveling across drivingthe act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal horseback riding, ridingtravel by being carried on horseback air, air travel, aviationtravel via aircraft jump, parachutingdescent with a parachute journey, journeyingthe act of traveling from one place to another leg, stagea section or portion of a journey or course stagingtravel by stagecoach on the road, on tourtravelling about junketingtaking an excursion for pleasure seafaring, water traveltravel by water commutation, commutingthe travel of a commuter tracking, trailingthe pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind shadowing, tailingthe act of following someone secretly stalk, stalkingthe act of following prey stealthily levitationthe act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means heave, heavingthe act of lifting something with great effort climb, mountthe act of climbing something soar, zoomthe act of rising upward into the air dive, nose dive, nosedivea steep nose-down descent by an aircraft abseil, rappel(mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body swoopa swift descent through the air crash divea rapid descent by a submarine dropthe act of dropping something collapse, flopthe act of throwing yourself down reentrythe act of entering again remandthe act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) sideslip, skid, slipan unexpected slide snowboardingthe act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard release, spill, spillagethe act of allowing a fluid to escape flood, outpouring, overflowa large flow acceleration, quickening, speedupthe act of accelerating; increasing the speed decelerationthe act of decelerating; decreasing the speed scud, scuddingthe act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) run-upthe approach run during which an athlete gathers speed leapfrogadvancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors dance step, stepa sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance bolt, dashthe act of moving with great haste scamper, scramble, scurryrushing about hastily in an undignified way takeawaythe act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass) figurea predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating completion, pass completion(American football) a successful forward pass in football ball hawkinga skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team assist(sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play icing, icing the puck(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal jugglerythe performance of a juggler obstructiongetting in someone's way baseball play(baseball) a play executed by a baseball team footworkthe manner of using the feet shot, stroke(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand strokeany one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing blitz, linebacker blitzing, safety blitz(American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line mousetrap, trap play(American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated gold rusha large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field change the action of changing something 2n a change of position that does not entail a change of location the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise Syn|Hypo|Hyper motility, move, movement abduction (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body adduction(physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body agitationthe act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) body Englisha motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction circumductiona circular movement of a limb or eye disturbancethe act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion fetal movement, foetal movementmotion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy) dart, flita sudden quick movement gesturemotion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling headshake, headshakingthe act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement inclination, incliningthe act of inclining; bending forward eversion, everting, inversionthe act of turning inside out inversion, upendingturning upside down; setting on end jerk, jerking, jolt, saccadean abrupt spasmodic movement kick, kickinga rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics kneel, kneelingsupporting yourself on your knees lurch, pitch, pitchingabrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) eye movementthe movement of the eyes openingthe act of opening something prostrationthe act of assuming a prostrate position reach, reaching, stretchthe act of physically reaching or thrusting out reciprocationalternating back-and-forth movement recliningthe act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position retractionthe act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back retroflection, retroflexionthe act of bending backward rotary motion, rotationthe act of rotating as if on an axis closing, shuttingthe act of closing something sittingthe act of assuming or maintaining a seated position posing, sitting(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait) snapthe act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand squat, squattingthe act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels sweepa movement in an arc tossan abrupt movement quiver, quivering, vibrationthe act of vibrating wavea movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon flicker, flutter, waverthe act of moving back and forth standingthe act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position span, straddlethe act of sitting or standing astride strokea single complete movement squirm, wiggle, wrigglethe act of wiggling eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmythe interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrustinga sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) mudraritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing boba short abrupt inclination (as of the head) nodthe act of nodding the head stoopan inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward nystagmusinvoluntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders saccadea rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest circumvolutionthe act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis feather, featheringturning an oar parallel to the water between pulls gyration, whirlingthe act of rotating in a circle or spiral pivotthe act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot pronationrotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirlthe act of rotating rapidly spiralflying downward in a helical path with a large radius supinationrotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward turn, twistturning or twisting around (in place) twist, wind, windingthe act of winding or twisting shakingthe act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements stirringagitating a liquid with an implement shake, wag, wagglecausing to move repeatedly from side to side worryingthe act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes careen, rock, sway, tiltpitching dangerously to one side overturn, turnover, upsetthe act of upsetting something shudder, tremoran involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) outreachthe act of reaching out key stroke, keystrokethe stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard turnout(ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip beata stroke or blow bowa stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments carnival, circusa frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment disorganisation, disorganizationthe disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion disruption, perturbationthe act of causing disorder commotion, din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumultthe act of making a noisy disturbance furor, furorea sudden outburst (as of protest) havoc, mayhemviolent and needless disturbance battle royal, melee, scrimmagea noisy riotous fight agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheavaldisturbance usually in protest outburst, tumultuous disturbancea sudden violent disturbance rampage, violent disorderviolently angry and destructive behavior derangement, overthrow, upsetthe act of disturbing the mind or body swimming kicka movement of the legs in swimming blowa powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon change the action of changing something 3n the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals Syn|Hypo|Hyper gesture sign a gesture that is part of a sign language gesticulationa deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion becka beckoning gesture facial expression, facial gesturea gesture executed with the facial muscles flourisha showy gesture high-fivea gesture of greeting or elation; one person's upraised palm slaps the upraised palm of another person previous questiona motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly shruga gesture involving the shoulders wafture, wave, wavingthe act of signaling by a movement of the hand V signa sign (for victory); making a V with the index and middle fingers noda sign of assent or salutation or command bow, bowing, obeisancebending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting sign of the crossa gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross; used by Catholics as a profession of faith curtsey, curtsybending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women emoticona representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email gapean expression of openmouthed astonishment face, grimacea contorted facial expression frown, scowla facial expression of dislike or displeasure grin, grinning, smile, smilinga facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement laugha facial expression characteristic of a person laughing snarlan angry vicious expression straight facea serious facial expression giving no evidence of interest or amusement winkclosing one eye quickly as a signal wincethe facial expression of sudden pain brandish, flourishthe act of waving genuflection, genuflexionthe act of bending the knees in worship or reverence kotow, kowtowa former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission scrape, scrapinga deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility) salaama deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation visual communication communication that relies on vision 4n a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something Syn|Hypo|Hyper movement crustal movement, tectonic movement movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust approach, approachingthe event of one object coming closer to another passage, passingthe motion of one object relative to another deflection, deflexionthe movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position bend, bendingmovement that causes the formation of a curve change of location, travela movement through space that changes the location of something undulation, wave(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth jittera small irregular movement periodic motion, periodic movementmotion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same heave(geology) a horizontal dislocation backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussiona movement back from an impact kick, recoilthe backward jerk of a gun when it is fired seekthe movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk squeeze, wringa twisting squeeze cam stroke, stroke, throwthe maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam turn, turninga movement in a new direction twist, wrencha jerky pulling movement undulationwavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves moving ridge, waveone of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) wobblean unsteady rocking motion commotion, whirlconfused movement Brownian motion, Brownian movement, pedesisthe random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid ascension(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon circulationfree movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant) creepa slow longitudinal movement or deformation breaker, breakers, surfwaves breaking on the shore backwash, wakethe wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward swashthe movement or sound of water riffle, ripple, rippling, waveleta small wave on the surface of a liquid gravitation wave, gravity wave(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light sine wavea wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve oscillation, vibration(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean fluctuationa wave motion seichea wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances standing wave, stationary wavea wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time traveling wave, travelling wavea wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave acoustic wave, sound wave(acoustics) a wave that transmits sound wave form, wave shape, waveformthe shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time blast wave, shock wavea region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity crestless wave, swellthe undulating movement of the surface of the open sea lift, risea wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground billow, surgea large sea wave tidal wavea wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun tidal wavean unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide tsunamia cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption roll, roller, rolling wavea long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore harmonic motiona periodic motion in which the displacement is either symmetrical about a point or is the sum of such motions bounce, bouncingrebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) resilience, resiliencyan occurrence of rebounding or springing back instrokethe stroke of an engine piston moving away from the crankshaft outstrokethe stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft combera long curling sea wave white horse, whitecapa wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white gravitationmovement downward resulting from gravitational attraction levitationmovement upward in virtue of lightness descenta movement downward shimmyan abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels) entering, entrancea movement into or inward falla movement downward flow, flowingthe motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) carom, ricocheta glancing rebound deflection, deflexion, refractionthe amount by which a propagating wave is bent reversal, turn aroundturning in an opposite direction or position swerve, yawan erratic deflection from an intended course impulse, pulsation, pulse, pulsing(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) flap, flapping, flutter, flutteringthe motion made by flapping up and down gyration, revolution, rotationa single complete turn (axial or orbital) advance, progress, progressiona movement forward ascension, ascent, rise, risinga movement upward spread, spreadingprocess or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space stampedea wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) translationa uniform movement without rotation coming back, returnthe occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction volutiona rolling or revolving motion happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent an event that happens 5n a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote he made a motion to adjourn Syn|Hyper question proposal something proposed (such as a plan or assumption) 6n a state of change they were in a state of steady motion Ant|Hypo|Hyper lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness a state of no motion or movement palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration a shaky motion perpetual motionmotion that continues indefinitely without any external source of energy; impossible in practice because of friction precessionthe motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone flow, streamsomething that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously tremolo(music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones tremorshaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease) state the way something is with respect to its main attributes 7n an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object Syn|Hyper apparent motion, apparent movement, movement optical illusion an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression 8v show, express or direct through movement Syn|Hypo|Hyper gesticulate, gesture wink signal by winking exsert, extend, hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch outthrust or extend out shrugraise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation clap, spatclap one's hands together acclaim, applaud, clap, spatclap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval bless, signmake the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate nodexpress or signify by nodding cross oneselfmake the sign of the cross; in the Catholic religion bow, bow downbend one's knee or body, or lower one's head shakeshake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state beckon, wavesignal with the hands or nod hyperextendextend a joint beyond its normal range bravoapplaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava' conge, congeeperform a ceremonious bow communicate, intercommunicate transmit thoughts or feelings |
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