Locomotion is moving from one place to another — or the power to do that. Walking, swimming, flying, crawling: all of that is locomotion.

Locomotion是locomotion(移動能力) is moving from one place to another指從一個地方移動到另一個地方 or the power to do that或是做這件事的能力 Walking, swimming, flying, crawling走路、游泳、飛行、爬行 all of that is locomotion這些全部都是locomotion

It is a school-and-science word. In ordinary talk we say movement, or how something moves.

It is a school-and-science word這是一個學校和科學用語 In ordinary talk在日常說法裡 we say movement, or how something moves我們會說movement(移動),或說某個東西怎麼移動

Biologists like it because they can talk about an animal’s locomotion without naming one trick: a snake’s locomotion is not a bird’s. Cells can have locomotion too, when they creep along. Machines get the word less often; we usually keep it for bodies that move themselves.

Biologists like it生物學家喜歡用這個字 because they can talk about an animal's locomotion without naming one trick因為他們可以談一種動物的locomotion,而不用指名是哪一種移動方式 a snake's locomotion is not a bird's蛇的locomotion跟鳥的不一樣 Cells can have locomotion too細胞也可以有locomotion when they creep along當它們爬行移動的時候 Machines get the word less often機器比較少用這個字 we usually keep it for bodies that move themselves我們通常把它留給能自己移動的身體

Though actually the train word locomotive sits right beside it: that is the engine that pulls the train, not the moving itself. Students sometimes treat the two as the same thing. One is the going; the other is a kind of engine.

Though actually不過其實 the train word locomotive sits right beside it火車那個字locomotive(火車頭)就緊挨在它旁邊 that is the engine that pulls the train那是拉動火車的引擎 not the moving itself而不是移動這件事本身 Students sometimes treat the two as the same thing學生有時候會把這兩個字當成同一件事 One is the going一個是移動這件事 the other is a kind of engine另一個則是一種引擎