motion
英 ['məʊʃ(ə)n]
美['moʃən]
- n. 动作；移动；手势；请求；意向
- vi. 运动；打手势
- vt. 运动；向…打手势
英英释意
- 1. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- 2. the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
- 3. a change of position that does not entail a change of location;
- "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"
- "movement is a sign of life"
- "an impatient move of his hand"
- "gastrointestinal motility"
- 4. a state of change;
- "they were in a state of steady motion"
- 5. a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote;
- "he made a motion to adjourn"
- "she called for the question"
- 6. the act of changing location from one place to another;
- "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"
- 7. an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object;
- "the cinema relies on apparent motion"
- "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"