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locomotion

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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lo·co·mo·tion /ˌləʊkəˈməʊʃən $ ˌloʊkəˈmoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] formal or technical  MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONmovement or the ability to move 运动(力);移动(力)
Examples from the Corpus
locomotionIn soft-bodied insect larvae, where the appendages are reduced or absent, locomotion occurs through quite different physical mechanisms.Many of the most impressive forms of animal locomotion have evolved as extensions of fleeing actions.During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries many studies were undertaken in hopes of solving the difficult problems of animal locomotion.A notice in Nature the following year described his representation of the attitudes of human locomotion by means of sculpture.For the time he has parted with the nobler characteristics of his humanity for the sake of a planetary power of locomotion.They rolled faster and faster, a steel trap of locomotion and churning rhythms, down the hill.Moving through your 20s involves just that, locomotion.
Origin locomotion (1600-1700) Latin locus ( → LOCUS) + English motion
lo·co·mo·tion nounChineseSyllable
to move or the Corpus ability movement


locomotion
locomotion /ˌləʊkəˈməʊʃən $ ˌloʊkəˈmoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] formal or technical
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: locus ( locus) + English motion
movement or the ability to move


loco·mo·tionBrE /ˌləʊkəˈməʊʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌloʊkəˈmoʊʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) movement or the ability to move 移动(力);运动(力)