migrate

Word family  noun migration migrant adjective migratory verb migrate

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mi·grate /maɪˈɡreɪt $ ˈmaɪɡreɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb  1. [intransitive + from/to]TRAVEL if birds or animals migrate, they travel regularly from one part of the world to another 〔鸟或兽〕移栖，迁徙 → migratory2. [intransitive + from/to]LEAVE YOUR HOME/COUNTRY if people migrate, they go to live in another area or country, especially in order to find work 〔尤指为找工作〕移居，迁移 → emigrate3  a) [intransitive, transitive + from/to] to start using a different computer system, or to arrange for people to start using a different computer system 〔计算机系统〕更新 b) [transitive + from/to] to move information or software from one computer system to another 〔计算机系统之间〕转移〔信息或软件〕→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

migrate• The first Americans migrated across the Bering land bridge more than 10,000 years ago.• How do birds know when to migrate, and how do they find their way back home?• The answers to the second question, of how animals find their way when migrating, can be more various.• This means that now he has no need to migrate if he can work his own land.• In the wild, they can often be sighted migrating in bevies of a hundred or more birds.• But he eventually migrated to Chicago, where he acted in independent films and theater.• Where there are areas of high unemployment, workers tend to migrate to other, wealthier parts of the country.• More than 2 million ducks migrate to the lake each fall.From Longman Business Dictionarymigratemi‧grate /maɪˈgreɪtˈmaɪgreɪt/ verb [intransitive] to go to another area or country, especially in order to find workIn the years ahead, tens of thousands of workers looking for high-paid, technical jobs could migrate abroad. —migratory adjectivemigratory workers who follow seasonal jobs → compare emigrate, immigrate→ See Verb tableOrigin migrate (1600-1700) Latin past participle of migrare

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migrate
mi‧grate AC /maɪˈɡreɪt $ ˈmaɪɡreɪt/ verb1. [intransitive + from/to] if birds or animals migrate, they travel regularly from one part of the world to another ⇨ migratory
2. [intransitive + from/to] if people migrate, they go to live in another area or country, especially in order to find work ⇨ emigrate
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  a. [I,T + from/to] to start using a different computer system, or to arrange for people to start using a different computer system
  b. [T + from/to] to move information or software from one computer system to another

mi·grate AW BrE /maɪˈɡreɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmaɪɡreɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they migrate BrE /maɪˈɡreɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmaɪɡreɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it migrates BrE /maɪˈɡreɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmaɪɡreɪts/ 🔊past simple migrated BrE /maɪˈɡreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmaɪɡreɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle migrated BrE /maɪˈɡreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmaɪɡreɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form migrating BrE /maɪˈɡreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmaɪɡreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] (of birds, animals, etc. 鸟类、动物等) to move from one part of the world to another according to the season （随季节变化）迁徙◆Swallows migrate south in winter. 燕子在冬天迁徙到南方。🔊🔊 [intransitive] (of a lot of people 许多人) to move from one town, country, etc. to go and live and/or work in another 移居；迁移 SYN emigrate ◆Thousands were forced to migrate from rural to urban areas in search of work. 成千上万的人为了寻找工作被迫从农村涌进城市。🔊🔊 [intransitive] (specialist) to move from one place to another 移动；转移◆The infected cells then migrate to other areas of the body. 受感染的细胞接着转移到身体的其他部位。🔊🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sb) (computing 计算机) to change, or cause sb to change, from one computer system to another （使）转移（到另一计算机系统） [transitive] ~ sth (computing 计算机) to move programs or hardware from one computer system to another 将（程序或硬件）迁移，转移（到另一系统）