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单词 move
释义

move

See also: mové

English

Alternative forms

  • meve (12th to 16th centuries)
  • mieve, mooue, moove (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English moven, moeven, meven, borrowed from Old Northern French mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (“to move”) (compare modern French mouvoir from Old French movoir), from Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“to move, drive”). Cognate with Lithuanian mauti (“to push on, rush”), Sanskrit मीवति (mī́vati, “pushes, presses, moves”), Middle Dutch mouwe (“sleeve”). More at muff. Largely displaced native English stir, from Middle English stiren, sturien, from Old English styrian.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mo͞ov, IPA(key): /muːv/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːv

Verb

move (third-person singular simple present moves, present participle moving, simple past and past participle moved)

  1. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
    A ship moves rapidly.
    I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, feeling too lazy to move.
    Synonym: stir
    • 1780, William Cowper, “Light Shining out of Darkneſs”, in Twenty-ſix Letters on Religious Subjects […] To which are added Hymns […] ‎, fourth edition, page 252:
      God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.
    • 1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95
      Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
  2. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
    to move in a matter
    Come on guys, let's move: there's work to do!
    Synonyms: get moving, stir
  3. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
    I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life.
    They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time.
    I'm moving next week but I don't have anything packed yet.
    The rook moved from a8 to a6.
    My opponent's counter was moving much quicker round the board than mine.
  4. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
    The waves moved the boat up and down.
    The horse moves a carriage.
    Synonyms: stir, impel
  5. (transitive, chess, board games) To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
    She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board.
    He rolled a 5 and moved his counter to Boardwalk, the most expensive property on the Monopoly board.
  6. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
    This song moves me to dance.
    • 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, OCLC 837543169:
      Seducer of the People, not moved with the Piety of his Life
    • 1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
      No female arts his mind could move.
  7. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
    That book really moved me.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 9:36:
      When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.
    Synonyms: affect, trouble
  8. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
    • 1905, Livy, translated by Canon Roberts, From the Founding of the City Book 38
      Two days were thus wasted in the quarrel between the consuls. It was clear that while Faminius was present no decision could be arrived at. Owing to Flaminius' absence through illness, Aemilius seized the opportunity to move a resolution which the senate adopted. Its purport was that the Ambracians should have all their property restored to them; they should be free to live under their own laws; they should impose such harbour dues and other imposts by land and sea as they desired, provided that the Romans and their Italian allies were exempt.
    I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform.
    • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:
      Let me but move one question to your daughter.
    • 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth
      And therefore they are to be blamed alike, both who moue and who decline warre […]
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
  10. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
      "Sir," seyde Sir Boys, "ye nede nat to meve me of such maters, for well ye wote I woll do what I may to please you."
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:
      The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […]
      Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.
  11. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
    • c. 1594, William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:
      To me she speaks; she moves me for her them
  12. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
    An attorney moved the court to issue a restraining order.
    The district attorney moved for a non-suit.
  13. (intransitive, obsolete) To bow or salute upon meeting.
  14. (transitive, business) To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
    This business will fail if it can't move the inventory quickly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of move
infinitive(to) move
present tensepast tense
1st-person singular move moved
2nd-person singular move, movest† moved, movedst†
3rd-person singular moves, moveth† moved
plural move
subjunctive move moved
imperative move —
participles moving moved

†Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:move

Derived terms

Terms derived from move (verb)
  • movability
  • movable
  • movableness
  • movably
  • movant
  • move about
  • move ahead
  • move along
  • move around
  • move away
  • move back
  • move down
  • move forward
  • move heaven and earth
  • move house
  • move in
  • move in on
  • move into
  • move it
  • movement
  • move mountains
  • movent
  • move off
  • move on
  • move one's arse/move one's ass/move one's bum/move one's butt
  • move one's bowels
  • move out
  • move over
  • mover
  • move sideways
  • move the chains
  • move the deckchairs on the Titanic
  • move the goalposts
  • move the needle
  • move the problem
  • move the yardsticks
  • move through the gears
  • move up
  • movie
  • moving
  • movingly
  • movingness
  • moving van
  • remove
  • touch move

Translations

to change residence — See also translations at move house
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Noun

move (plural moves)

  1. The act of moving; a movement.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:movement
    A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course.
    • 1913, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt‎:
      Lord John had followed me. "By George, young fellah!" said he, pulling off his coat. "You've hit on a dooced good notion. Give me a grip and we'll soon have a move on it." But, even then, so heavy was the bell that it was not until Challenger and Summerlee had added their weight to ours that we heard the roaring and clanging above our heads which told us that the great clapper was ringing out its music.
  2. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
    He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen.
  3. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
    She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move.
    He can win a match with that one move.
  4. The event of changing one's residence.
    Synonyms: removal, relocation
    The move into my fiancé's house took two long days.
    They were pleased about their move to the country.
  5. A change in strategy.
    I am worried about our boss's move.
    It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders.
  6. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
    • 2013, Phil McNulty, "", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:
      Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland.
  7. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
    The best move of the game was when he sacrificed his rook in order to gain better possession.
    It's your move! Roll the dice!
    If you roll a six, you can make two moves.
    Synonym: play
  8. (board games, usually in the plural) A round, in which each player has a turn.
    You can win in three moves if you do that.

Derived terms

  • bust a move
  • camera move
  • career-limiting move
  • countermove
  • dance move
  • dick move
  • false move
  • fifty-move rule
  • finishing move
  • get a move on
  • Kirby move
  • make a move
  • make the first move
  • moveless
  • movelessly
  • movelessness
  • move one's body
  • must-move
  • on the move
  • outmove
  • Pachner move
  • power move
  • premove
  • put the moves on
  • quiet move
  • Reidemeister move
  • special move
  • two-move checkmate
  • waiting move

Translations

the act of moving — see movement
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References

  • move in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of motivaatiovemppa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoʋe/, [ˈmo̞ʋe̞]
  • Rhymes: -oʋe
  • Syllabification(key): mo‧ve

Noun

move

  1. (military slang) A conscript who acquires or has acquired exemptions from physical education for falsified reasons of health, i.e. by feigning sick.

Declension

Inflection of move (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominativemovemovet
genitivemovenmovejen
partitivemoveamoveja
illativemoveenmoveihin
singularplural
nominativemovemovet
accusativenom.movemovet
gen.moven
genitivemovenmovejen
moveinrare
partitivemoveamoveja
inessivemovessamoveissa
elativemovestamoveista
illativemoveenmoveihin
adessivemovellamoveilla
ablativemoveltamoveilta
allativemovellemoveille
essivemovenamoveina
translativemoveksimoveiksi
instructive—movein
abessivemovettamoveitta
comitative—moveineen
Possessive forms of move (type nalle)
possessorsingularplural
1st personmovenimovemme
2nd personmovesimovenne
3rd personmovensa

Derived terms

  • verbs: movettaa

Galician

Verb

move

  1. third-person singular present indicative of mover
  2. second-person singular imperative of mover

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French mauvais (“bad”).

Adjective

move

  1. bad

Interlingua

Verb

move

  1. present of mover
  2. imperative of mover

Latin

Verb

movē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of moveō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.vi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ve/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.v(ɨ)/

  • Rhymes: -ɔvi

Verb

move

  1. inflection of mover:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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