motion
motion 英 [ˈməʊʃn] 美 [ˈmoʊʃn]
n. 动作；移动；动议 v. 做动作，示意
进行时:motioning 过去式:motioned 过去分词:motioned 第三人称单数:motions 名词复数:motions
- Motion is the way things get from place to place. The ball rolling down a hill is in motion, and as Isaac Newton once proved, it will remain in motion until it hits a wall or something else that makes it stop.
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- n. 动作；移动；动议
- v. 做动作，示意
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1. Newton's laws of motion
牛顿的运动定律
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2. The swaying motion of the ship was making me feel seasick.
船身摇摆不定，让我觉得恶心。
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3. Do not alight while the train is still in motion (= moving).
列车未停稳时不要下车。
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4. Rub the cream in with a circular motion.
一圈一圈地揉擦乳霜。
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5. to table/put forward a motion
提出一项动议
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6. At a single motion of his hand, the room fell silent.
他手一挥，屋子里便安静了下来。
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7. to propose a motion (= to be the main speaker in favour of a motion)
提出动议
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8. The motion was adopted/carriedby six votes to one.
这项提议以六比一的票数通过。
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9. I motioned to the waiter.
我向侍者打了个手势。
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10. He motioned for us to follow him.
他示意我们跟他走。
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11. She motioned him into her office.
她示意他到她办公室来。
- motion (n.) late 14c., "suggestion; process of moving," from Old French mocion "movement, motion; change, alteration" (13c.), from Latin motionem (nominative motio) "a moving, a motion; an emotion," from past participle stem of movere "to move" (from PIE root *meue- "to push away"). Motion picture attested from 1896.
- motion (v.) late 15c., "to request, petition" (obsolete), from motion (n.). The sense in parliamentary procedure first recorded 1747; with meaning "to guide or direct by a sign, gesture, movement" it is attested from 1787. Related: Motioned; motioning.
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