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Immobile Move Immobility Left Completely Remained Locked   [Usu

英语单词 immobile
英美音标 英 [ɪ'məʊbaɪl] 美 [ɪ'moʊbl]
中文释义 adj.不动的;不能活动的;不变的;静止的
英语例句 (1) The deer stood immobile among the trees.
(2) His illness has left him completely immobile.
(3) It remained immobile in the centre of each screen.
中文例句 (1) 那只鹿一动不动地站在树丛里。
(2) 他的病使他完全丧失了活动能力。
(3) 它保持在各个屏幕的中央。
vocabulary简明 Something immobile can't move or be moved — it's locked or stuck in place.
vocabulary扩展 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.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]固定的;静止的 Someone or something that is immobile is completely still.
  [usu v-link ADJ]
  • Joe remained as immobile as if he had been carved out of rock.

    乔一动不动,仿佛一尊石头雕像。

immobility
  • Hyde maintained the rigid immobility of his shoulders.

    海德保持双肩一动不动。

2
[ADJ 形容词]瘫痪的;不能移动的 Someone or something that is immobile is unable to move or unable to be moved.
  [usu v-link ADJ]
  • A riding accident left him immobile.

    一场骑马意外事故导致他瘫痪。

  • ...a very heavy or immobile object.

    非常沉重或难以移动的物体

immobility
  • Again, the pain locked me into immobility.

    我又一次痛得动弹不得。

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