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movable

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mov·a·ble1, moveable /ˈmuːvəbəl/ adjective  MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONable to be moved and not fixed in one place or position 活动的;可移动的 OPP immovable a teddy bear with movable arms and legs 四肢能活动的玩具熊
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movableWhat is even more important, the dislocation turns out to be movable.As we saw earlier, the furniture is movable and group-oriented, and materials are meant to be shared.a teddy bear with movable arms and legsWell, at the morning room end, there would be a small orchestra, on a specially built, movable dais.The manufacture of the books that fill the movable shelves was often fraught with technical problems.Oil this one the four people were deployed around the movable stairs of a just-arrived plane.What was being built was the largest movable structure that had ever been created.The plains are movable, subject to wind, water and grazing.They suggested movable walls and cubicles.
Related topics: Law
movable2, moveable noun [countable usually plural] law  SCLOWNa personal possession such as a piece of furniture 动产
From Longman Business Dictionarymovablemov‧a‧ble /ˈmʊːvəbəl/ (also moveable) adjective if something is movable, it is not fixed and can move, be moved, or changeGovernments may use movable exchange-rates to keep their economies competitive.movable property
fixed moved able in to one Business Corpus not and be


movable
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movable1 , moveable /ˈmuːvəbəl/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: move, movement, removal, remover, mover; adjective: movable, unmoved, moving; verb: move, remove; adverb: movingly
able to be moved and not fixed in one place or position
   OPP  immovable:
    a teddy bear with movable arms and legs

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movable2 , moveable noun [countable usually plural] law
a personal possession such as a piece of furniture


mov·able (also move·able) BrE /ˈmuːvəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmuːvəbl/ 🔊 adjectivethat can be moved from one place or position to another 可移动的;活动的movable partitions可移动的隔板a doll with a movable head头可活动的洋娃娃(law 法律) (of property 财产) able to be taken from one house, etc. to another 活动的;不固定的
mov·able (also move·able) BrE /ˈmuːvəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmuːvəbl/ 🔊 noun [countable, usually plural] (law 法律) a thing that can be moved from one house, etc. to another; a personal possession 动产;个人财物