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单词 mobile
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mobile

adjective
 OPAL W
/ˈməʊbaɪl/
/ˈməʊbl/
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  1.  
    [usually before noun] connected with mobile phones, tablets, etc.
    • What's your mobile number?
    • Mobile users spent 35 per cent more time on their devices this year.
    • mobile apps aimed at children
    • mobile networks/operators (= companies that provide mobile phone services)
    • mobile platforms/operating systems
    • mobile technology/broadband
    • mobile gaming/banking
    • The mobile market has continued to grow.
    • Many companies have tried to push mobile payment services.
  2.  
    [usually before noun] that is not fixed in one place and can be moved easily and quickly
    • mobile equipment
    • a mobile clinic/shop/library (= one inside a vehicle)
    • a mobile police unit
    • The barbecue is fully mobile.
    compare stationary
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • get
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    See full entry
  3. [not usually before noun] (of a person) able to move or travel around easily
    • a kitchen especially designed for the elderly or people who are less mobile
    • You really need to be mobile (= have a car) if you live in the country.
    • She remained fairly mobile despite her disabilities.
    • Yoga will help you to become more mobile and supple.
    compare immobile
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • get
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    See full entry
  4. (of people) able to change your social class, your job or the place where you live easily
    • a highly mobile workforce (= people who can move easily from place to place)
    • a geographically mobile population
    • We have become an increasingly mobile society.
    • They were mobile, lived in one area for a short time and roamed widely to obtain resources.
    • Meanwhile, skilled workers can be as mobile as capital.
    see also upwardly mobile
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • get
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    See full entry
  5. (of a face or its features) changing shape or expression easily and often
    • His mobile features registered amusement.
  6. Word Originlate 15th cent.: via French from Latin mobilis, from movere ‘to move’. The noun dates from the 1940s.

mobile

noun
 
/ˈməʊbaɪl/
/ˈməʊbl/
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  1.  
    [countable] (British English) a mobile phone
    • Call me on my mobile.
  2.  
    [uncountable] (British English) the internet when it is accessed on mobile phones
    • the rise/importance/growth of mobile
    • the growing use of mobile for banking services
    • Companies want apps for mobile and tablets that will save time.
    • on mobile The site works on both desktop and mobile.
    • via mobile Users can log in to the web app via mobile or desktop.
  3. 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
    • A colourful mobile moved gently above the baby's cot.
  4. Word Originlate 15th cent.: via French from Latin mobilis, from movere ‘to move’. The noun dates from the 1940s.

Mobile

/məʊˈbiːl/
/məʊˈbiːl/
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  1. a city on the coast of the US state of Alabama
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