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单词 immobilize
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Definition of immobilize in English:

immobilize

(British immobilise)
verb ɪˈməʊbɪlʌɪzɪ(m)ˈmoʊbəˌlaɪz
[with object]
  • 1Prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal.

    the car had been immobilized by a wheel clamp
    fear immobilized her
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This desire becomes only stronger once he assumes the role of the detective, whose very function has been to immobilize the mysteries of the world by constructing a coherent text.
    • Another approach is to immobilize the ship by ‘fouling its propeller.’
    • Both big powers are immobilised by the conflict.
    • It pays to read the signs before leaving your car in a carpark or other private land in England: security guards can impose enormous instant fines, and enforce them by immobilizing your car with a wheel clamp.
    • The lesson is that overanalyzing change can immobilize us and prevent us from taking action.
    • It immobilises the mind's flexibility and ability to adapt to pressure.
    • The point was to silence and immobilize leadership while forcing groups to redirect energy and resources into raising funds, organizing legal defenses and publicizing the cases.
    • On Bank Holiday Monday, about 5.30 pm, a vehicle returning from Coney Island over the strand was immobilised in deep water leaving its four passengers clinging to the roof.
    • In the martial art of ju-jitsu, the less powerful uses the strength of the aggressor to immobilize them.
    • Special features of the packages can make them more user-friendly and immobilize products to prevent damage.
    • It's clearly true that he is virtually immobilized through his fear of coming across poorly in the eyes of strangers.
    • The most fear he had ever felt rushed over him, immobilizing him on the stage.
    • In the new program the majority of the techniques consist of non-lethal ways to immobilize our opponent.
    • Also electrical stimulation of the muscles while they are immobilized prevents the usual decrease in their oxidative capacity and can also prevent muscle fibre atrophy.
    • Pre-slaughter stunning was introduced in 1933 to protect abattoir personnel, not animals, by immobilising the animal to facilitate slaughter.
    • First, she loses physical control of her hands, and, by the conclusion of the concert, she is so immobilized that she can't even stand up to take a bow.
    • The owner, who had parked the car there after it had broken down, had removed the distributor cap to immobilize his car.
    • The result was a government immobilized by fear of schism and unable to respond to a real opportunity to develop a better relation with the minority community.
    • It's whether you're immobilized by the fear of death.
    • It takes away from self-confidence, immobilizes a person through anxiety, and creates an exaggerated fear of the environment.
    Synonyms
    put out of action, disable, prevent from moving/working, make inoperative, render inactive, inactivate, deactivate, paralyse, cripple
    bring to a standstill, bring to a halt, halt, stop
    clamp, wheel-clamp
    rare disenable
    1. 1.1 Restrict the movements of (a limb) to allow healing.
      other children in the ward were immobilized in traction
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When a broken limb is immobilized in a rigid cast, changes begin immediately in both the bone and surrounding muscles.
      • If this accident had happened on shore, the corpsman would have followed the same procedures but would have had to immobilize the leg with a splint.
      • Patients with full range of motion in the early postoperative period may be immobilized for a longer period, because they are less likely to develop a stiff shoulder.
      • Treatment involves protecting and immobilizing the foot.
      • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is treated by placing the wrist on a splint to immobilize it and to prevent pressure to the nerves.
      • If a body part must be immobilised - to allow skin graft adherence, for example - then the part should be splinted or positioned in an anti-deformity position for the minimum time possible.
      • The damaged limbs were often kept immobilized because of the confinement of the iron lung.
      • In order to allow the soft tissues around your knuckles to heal, your entire hand will be immobilized for one to two weeks.
      • Of the 54 children taken by ambulance, eight had not been immobilised.
      • Alternatively, the foot can be immobilised in a well moulded total contact plaster that is initially non-weight bearing.
      • The surgeon immobilized the right adrenal mass and found evidence of intracaval extension of tumor.
      • Another barrier surgeons had to overcome was immobilizing a shattered limb while ensuring they had access to the open wound so they could treat infection.
      • Its advice, if you are bitten by a snake, is to keep calm, immobilise the affected limb with a splint or sling and evacuate the person to medical help, with a description of the snake if possible.
      • The cervical spine should be immobilised with a cervical collar, sandbag, and tape.
      • As a general rule, fractures need to be immobilised for between two and eight weeks.
      • The knee should be immobilized if there is pain with motion.
      • The leg was immobilized in a long leg cast with the knee at 30 [degrees] of flexion for 8 weeks.
      • In severe cases, immobilize joint with abundantly padded splint.
      • The improvement obtained by manipulation is maintained by immobilizing the foot in a plaster cast for five to seven days.
      • My broken left arm was still immobilised in a splint, still healing and sore.

Derivatives

  • immobilization

  • nounɪməʊbɪlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
    • Common complications that may follow fat removal surgery are bleeding, infection and thromboembolism due to prolonged immobilization following the surgery.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Such pulmonary embolisms, leading to sudden death, can stem from immobilisation, multiple trauma and dehydration.
      • The man said there was ‘nothing remotely sinister’ about his work, which the university said centred on ‘the development of a novel matrix for the immobilisation of enzymes for biotechnology’.
      • Concentrating all our energies on one physical act, our obsession results in temporary immobilization.
      • What this suggests, of course, is the ever-increasing immobilization of a life without options.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French immobiliser, from immobile (see immobile).

 
 

Definition of immobilize in US English:

immobilize

(British immobilise)
verbɪ(m)ˈmoʊbəˌlaɪzi(m)ˈmōbəˌlīz
[with object]
  • 1Prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal.

    fear had immobilized her
    I want you to immobilize their vehicle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The result was a government immobilized by fear of schism and unable to respond to a real opportunity to develop a better relation with the minority community.
    • Both big powers are immobilised by the conflict.
    • It's whether you're immobilized by the fear of death.
    • It pays to read the signs before leaving your car in a carpark or other private land in England: security guards can impose enormous instant fines, and enforce them by immobilizing your car with a wheel clamp.
    • This desire becomes only stronger once he assumes the role of the detective, whose very function has been to immobilize the mysteries of the world by constructing a coherent text.
    • On Bank Holiday Monday, about 5.30 pm, a vehicle returning from Coney Island over the strand was immobilised in deep water leaving its four passengers clinging to the roof.
    • Also electrical stimulation of the muscles while they are immobilized prevents the usual decrease in their oxidative capacity and can also prevent muscle fibre atrophy.
    • Special features of the packages can make them more user-friendly and immobilize products to prevent damage.
    • First, she loses physical control of her hands, and, by the conclusion of the concert, she is so immobilized that she can't even stand up to take a bow.
    • It immobilises the mind's flexibility and ability to adapt to pressure.
    • In the martial art of ju-jitsu, the less powerful uses the strength of the aggressor to immobilize them.
    • The most fear he had ever felt rushed over him, immobilizing him on the stage.
    • Pre-slaughter stunning was introduced in 1933 to protect abattoir personnel, not animals, by immobilising the animal to facilitate slaughter.
    • The lesson is that overanalyzing change can immobilize us and prevent us from taking action.
    • In the new program the majority of the techniques consist of non-lethal ways to immobilize our opponent.
    • It takes away from self-confidence, immobilizes a person through anxiety, and creates an exaggerated fear of the environment.
    • The point was to silence and immobilize leadership while forcing groups to redirect energy and resources into raising funds, organizing legal defenses and publicizing the cases.
    • Another approach is to immobilize the ship by ‘fouling its propeller.’
    • It's clearly true that he is virtually immobilized through his fear of coming across poorly in the eyes of strangers.
    • The owner, who had parked the car there after it had broken down, had removed the distributor cap to immobilize his car.
    Synonyms
    put out of action, disable, prevent from moving, prevent from working, make inoperative, render inactive, inactivate, deactivate, paralyse, cripple
    1. 1.1 Restrict the movements of (a limb or patient) to allow healing.
      other children in the ward were immobilized in traction
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Its advice, if you are bitten by a snake, is to keep calm, immobilise the affected limb with a splint or sling and evacuate the person to medical help, with a description of the snake if possible.
      • The leg was immobilized in a long leg cast with the knee at 30 [degrees] of flexion for 8 weeks.
      • Alternatively, the foot can be immobilised in a well moulded total contact plaster that is initially non-weight bearing.
      • If a body part must be immobilised - to allow skin graft adherence, for example - then the part should be splinted or positioned in an anti-deformity position for the minimum time possible.
      • Patients with full range of motion in the early postoperative period may be immobilized for a longer period, because they are less likely to develop a stiff shoulder.
      • The cervical spine should be immobilised with a cervical collar, sandbag, and tape.
      • When a broken limb is immobilized in a rigid cast, changes begin immediately in both the bone and surrounding muscles.
      • Another barrier surgeons had to overcome was immobilizing a shattered limb while ensuring they had access to the open wound so they could treat infection.
      • The damaged limbs were often kept immobilized because of the confinement of the iron lung.
      • The knee should be immobilized if there is pain with motion.
      • The improvement obtained by manipulation is maintained by immobilizing the foot in a plaster cast for five to seven days.
      • In order to allow the soft tissues around your knuckles to heal, your entire hand will be immobilized for one to two weeks.
      • Treatment involves protecting and immobilizing the foot.
      • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is treated by placing the wrist on a splint to immobilize it and to prevent pressure to the nerves.
      • In severe cases, immobilize joint with abundantly padded splint.
      • The surgeon immobilized the right adrenal mass and found evidence of intracaval extension of tumor.
      • My broken left arm was still immobilised in a splint, still healing and sore.
      • If this accident had happened on shore, the corpsman would have followed the same procedures but would have had to immobilize the leg with a splint.
      • Of the 54 children taken by ambulance, eight had not been immobilised.
      • As a general rule, fractures need to be immobilised for between two and eight weeks.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French immobiliser, from immobile (see immobile).

 
 
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