| 单词 | movement |
| 释义 | movement /moohv"meuhnt/, n. 1. the act, process, or result of moving. 2. a particular manner or style of moving. 3. Usually, movements. actions or activities, as of a person or a body of persons. 4. Mil. , Naval. a change of position or location of troops or ships. 5. abundance of events or incidents. 6. rapid progress of events. 7. the progress of events, as in a narrative or drama. 8. Fine Arts. the suggestion of motion in a work of art, either by represented gesture in figurative painting or sculpture or by the relationship of structural elements in a design or composition. 9. a progressive development of ideas toward a particular conclusion: the movement of his thought. 10. a series of actions or activities intended or tending toward a particular end: the movement toward universal suffrage. 11. the course, tendency, or trend of affairs in a particular field. 12. a diffusely organized or heterogeneous group of people or organizations tending toward or favoring a generalized common goal: the antislavery movement; the realistic movement in art. 13. the price change in the market of some commodity or security: an upward movement in the price of butter. 14. See bowel movement. 15. the working parts or a distinct portion of the working parts of a mechanism, as of a watch. 16. Music. a. a principal division or section of a sonata, symphony, or the like. b. motion; rhythm; time; tempo. 17. Pros. rhythmical structure or character. [1350-1400; ME < MF; see MOVE, -MENT] Syn. 1. See motion. 5. eventfulness. Ant. 1. inertia, stasis. |
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