及物动词

名词

1. 运动;移动
Motion is the activity or process of continually changing position or moving from one place to another.

2. 行动;手势;动作
A motion is an action, gesture, or movement.

3. (会议、辩论或审判时提出的)动议，提议，议案
A motion is a formal proposal or statement in a meeting, debate, or trial, which is discussed and then voted on or decided on.

4. 打手势;示意
If you motion to someone, you move your hand or head as a way of telling them to do something or telling them where to go.

5. (尤为医生、护士用语)排便，大便
Some people, especially doctors or nurses, use motion as a polite way of referring to a person's act of defecation or the faeces produced.

1. the act of changing location from one place to another

e.g. police controlled the motion of the crowd
the movement of people from the farms to the cities
his move put him directly in my path

Synonym: movementmove

2. a change of position that does not entail a change of location

e.g. the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
movement is a sign of life
an impatient move of his hand
gastrointestinal motility

Synonym: movementmovemotility

3. the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

Synonym: gesture

4. a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

e.g. he made a motion to adjourn
she called for the question

Synonym: question

5. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

Synonym: movement

6. an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

e.g. the cinema relies on apparent motion
the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement

Synonym: apparent motionapparent movementmovement

7. a state of change

e.g. they were in a state of steady motion