motion

英 ['məʊʃ(ə)n] 美 ['moʃən]

解释

※ 提供单词"motion"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

motion 运动，移动

来自拉丁语movere,运动，移动，词源同move.-t,过去分词后缀。

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" (see move (v.)). 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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1. She made a fanning motion, pretending to cool herself off.: 她做了个扇风的动作，假装想让自己凉快一点。

2. Whenever recession strikes, a chain reaction is set into motion.: 只要经济不景气，连锁反应就开始了。

3. Such a motion is considered a test of backbench opinion.: 这样的动议被视为对后座议员立场的考验。