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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary -mobile noun combining form ETYMOLOGY automobile 1. motorized vehicle snowmobile 2. automotive vehicle bringing services to the public bloodmobile bookmobile English Etymology Mobile city in Alabama, U.S., attested c.1540 in Spanish as Mauvila, referring to an Indian group and perhaps from Choctaw (Muskogean) moeli "to paddle." mobile mobile (adj.) late 15c., from M.Fr . mobile, from L. mobilis "movable," from movere "to move" (see move). The noun is early 15c. in astronomy; the artistic sense is first recorded 1949 as a shortening of mobile sculpture (1936). Mobile home first recorded 1940.http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ mobile mo·bile / 5mEubail; NAmE 5moubl / adjective1. [usually before noun] that is not fixed in six place and can be moved easily and quickly 非固定的；可移动的: mobile equipment 可移动装备 a mobile shop / library (= six inside a vehicle) 流动商店/图书馆 ⇨ compare stationary 2. [not usually before noun] (of a person 人) able to move or travel around easily 行动方便；腿脚灵便: a kitchen especially designed for the elderly or people who are less mobile 专门为上了年纪或行动不便的人设计的厨房 You really need to be mobile (= have a car) if you live in the country. 如果你住在乡村,你确实要有一辆汽车。 OPP immobile 3. (of people 人) able to change your social class, your job or the place where you live easily 易于变换社会阶层(或工作、住处)的；流动的: a highly mobile workforce (= people who can move easily from place to place) 具有很强流动性的劳动力 ⇨ see also upwardly mobile 4. (of a face or its features 脸或面部特征) changing shape or expression easily and often 多变的；易变的noun1. (BrE) = mobile phone : Call me on my mobile. 打手机给我。 What's your mobile number? 你的手机号码是多少？ the mobile networks (= companies that provide mobile phone services) 移动电话网络公司 2. a decoration made from wire, etc. that is hung from the ceiling and that has small objects hanging from it which move when the air around them moves 风铃；(可随风摆动的)悬挂饰物 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English mobile adj. VERBS be | become, get Babies start to get mobile around the age of eight months. | remain ADV. exceptionally, extraordinarily, freely, highly, very | fully The barbecue is fully mobile. | increasingly | fairly, quite, relatively She remained fairly mobile despite her disabilities. | geographically, socially a geographically mobile population | downwardly, upwardly downwardly mobile members of society | internationally internationally mobile investment Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged mobile I. mo·bile \ˈmōbəl, -ˌbēl also -ˌbīl or -(ˌ)bil sometimes mōˈbē(ə)l\adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin mobilis, from (assumed) Latin movibilis, from Latin movēre to move + -ibilis -ible — more at move 1. : capable of moving or being moved from one place to another :movable: as a. : capable of moving or being moved about readily < globular proteins that are mobile and rod-shaped proteins that form solid structures > < the tongue … is clearly the most mobile articulator — G.A.Miller > specifically : characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity < ether and mercury are mobile liquids > — compare viscous b. : organized and equipped for ready movement (as by truck or air transport) < mobile fighting forces > < mobile television units for on-the-spot reporting > c. : free for use or service anywhere : not restricted or committed < mobile dollars to be used where they can best advance the welfare of the whole institution — Saturday Review > < mobile labor … could be sent anywhere in England — Henry Green > d. : designed as a vehicle or mounted on a vehicle or easily placed on or in a vehicle (as a trailer or truck) < mobile loudspeakers carrying the campaign speeches into the streets > < a mobile missile launcher > < mobile homes > 2. : capable of or tending to change : changeable: as a. : changing readily in appearance and expression under the influence of mind or feeling < his mobile face mirrors every feeling from bitter sadness to ecstasy — Eleanor Harris > b. : easily swayed in feeling, purpose, or direction < a mind adventurously flexible but not frivolously mobile — Cecil Sprigge > c. : marked by ready adaptability < industrial resources so mobile that they could be quickly switched from producing for export to producing for home demand > : alert and flexible in the use of resources < a mobile imagination > < an organization mobile enough to cope with any emergency > 3. : characterized by frequent or continuous movement < the wind in mobile grasses > specifically : tending to travel or migrate from place to place < we began as explorers, empire builders, pilgrims, and refugees, … and we are still today the most mobile people on the face of the earth — G.W.Pierson > < the Indians of the Great Plains were mobile bison hunters — Clark Wissler > 4. a. : characterized by the mixing of social groups < the general confusion in moral standards which characterizes mobile societies — E.R.Mowrer > : affording opportunity for a shift in social status < American society, though highly mobile … is not classless — Times Literary Supplement > b. : having the opportunity for or undergoing a shift in status within the hierarchical social levels of a society < a society in which women are more mobile than men > < born of upward mobile middle-class … parents — Newsweek > 5. : marked by the use of vehicles for transportation < mobile defense > < mobile warfare > < took to their cars for a mobile holiday > 6. : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a mobile II. mo·bile \ˈmōˌbēl sometimes -ˌbīl or -ˌbil or mōˈbē(ə)l; in sense 3 mōˈbē(ə)l or ˈmōˌbēl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French (premier) mobile primum mobile, part translation of Medieval Latin (primum) mobile, from neuter of Latin mobilis, adjective 1. : something that occasions movement or action — see primum mobile 2. a. : a movable or moving body or part : one that is mobile b. (1) : a delicately balanced construction or sculpture frequently made of wire and sheet metal shapes and having movable parts that can be set in motion by air currents or mechanical propulsion— compare stabile (2) : a set of lightweight figures (as of animals or story characters) that are suspended on fine wire or string so that they hang in perfect balance and may be moved by a current of air 3. [by shortening] : automobile III. mob·i·le \ˈmäbə(ˌ)lē\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin mobile (vulgus) changeable crowd, the movable common people, neuter of mobilis, adjective : mob III 1IV. mo·bile \(ˈ)mō|bē(ə)l\ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Mobile, Ala. : of or from the city of Mobile, Ala. < Mobile gardens > : of the kind or style prevalent in Mobile |
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