单词 | movement |
释义 | movementmovement /ˈmuvmənt/ ●●● S2 W1 noun 1PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER [countable] a group of people who share the same ideas or beliefs and work together to achieve a particular aim: the civil rights/peace/feminist etc. movement the labor movementa political/religious/artistic/revolutionary etc. movement She was active in a number of political movements.2CHANGE OF POSITION [countable, uncountable] a change in the position of something, especially a person’s or animal’s body: a dancer’s graceful movements We watched for signs of movement in the trees.movement of a small movement of his head3CHANGE OF PLACE [countable, uncountable] an act of moving things or people from one place to another: movement of the movement of goods across state borders4CHANGE/DEVELOPMENT [countable, uncountable] a change or development in a situation or in people’s attitudes: There’s been no movement in the dispute since Thursday.movement toward/away from etc. There is a growing movement among consumers away from buying processed foods.► see thesaurus at trend15somebody’s movements all of a person’s activities over a certain period: Police are trying to trace Carter’s movements.6MILITARY [countable, uncountable] a planned change in the position of a group of soldiers: Soldiers were sent into the area to report on the enemy’s movements.7MUSIC [countable] eng. lang. arts one of the main parts into which some pieces of classical music are divided: the first movement of Bach’s Violin Concerto8CLOCK/WATCH [countable] the moving parts of a piece of machinery, especially a clock or watch9BODY WASTE [countable] formal an act of getting rid of waste matter from the bowels |
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