immobile
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++im·mo·bile /ɪˈməʊbaɪl $ ɪˈmoʊbəl/ adjective 1 NOT MOVINGnot moving at all 不动的,固定的 SYN motionless She could see a figure sitting immobile, facing the sea. 她看到一个人影面朝大海坐着,一动不动。2 MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONunable to move or walk normally 不能正常移动[行走]的 Kim’s illness had rendered her completely immobile. 金的病使她完全丧失了活动能力。 —immobility /ˌɪməˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
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immobile• The disease can leave victims completely immobile.• A strange anticipation held her completely immobile.• Masonry is extraordinarily satisfactory in its way but it is inherently heavy and immobile.• She pursed her lips and blew on the baby's squashed, immobile face.• A female produces few, large, immobile gametes called eggs.• We could do pullups on the steady, immobile high bar instead of on our clanking, swaying ceiling pipes.• Brigg was immobile, his eyes fixed on the horizon.• Literary texts are not some static crystalline structure in which we may glimpse a captured immobile past.• She remained rigidly immobile, suddenly quite incapable of moving anyway.• I stood there immobile with terror.im·mo·bile adjectiveChineseSyllable
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immobile
im‧mo‧bile /ɪˈməʊbaɪl $ ɪˈmoʊbəl/
adjective
1. not moving at all
SYN motionless:
She could see a figure sitting immobile, facing the sea.
2. unable to move or walk normally:
Kim’s illness had rendered her completely immobile.
—immobility /ˌɪməˈbɪləti, ˌɪməˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]
■ not moving
▪still not moving – use this especially about people who are not moving, or about places where there is no wind: There was no wind and the trees were completely still. | Keep still while I tie your shoes.
▪stationary not moving – use this about cars, trains, or objects: The truck swerved and hit a stationary vehicle.
▪immobile not moving or not able to move, especially because of fear or tiredness: As the disease progressed, she became increasingly immobile.
▪motionless completely still – used especially in literature: Kemp sat motionless as the verdict was read.
▪calm not moving because there is no wind – use this about air and water: The lake was calm.
▪be at a standstill if traffic is at a standstill it is not moving: Traffic was at a standstill on the motorway.
im‧mo‧bile /ɪˈməʊbaɪl $ ɪˈmoʊbəl/
adjective1. not moving at all
SYN motionless:
2. unable to move or walk normally:
—immobility /ˌɪməˈbɪləti, ˌɪməˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]
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