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    If something is motionless, it is not moving at all — not a little, not even the small movements living bodies usually make. A motionless person may be asleep, hiding, in shock, or holding still on purpose; a motionless sea has no you can see.

    If something is motionless如果某個東西motionless(一動也不動) it is not moving at all它完全沒有在動 — not a little——不是動一點點而已 , not even the small movements living bodies usually make,連活體通常會有的那些小動作也沒有。 A motionless person一個motionless的人 may be asleep, hiding, in shock, or holding still on purpose可能是睡著了、躲起來了、嚇呆了,或是故意保持不動 ; a motionless sea;一片motionless的海 has no waves you can see看不到任何波浪。

    It is stronger than still. Still can mean “quiet” or “not moving much”; motionless is the complete stop.

    Itit is stronger語氣更強 than still比still(靜止)。 Still can mean “quiet” or “not moving much”Still可以指「安靜」或「不太動」 ; motionless is the complete stop;motionless則是完全靜止。

    You will meet it in stories, news, and film more than in chat. After a verb of position it is very natural: he stood motionless, she lay motionless.

    You will meet it in stories, news, and film你會在故事、新聞和電影裡遇到這個字比較多 more than in chat比在聊天裡遇到的機會多。 After a verb of position接在表示姿勢的動詞後面 it is very natural是很自然的用法 : he stood motionless, she lay motionless:像he stood motionless(他一動也不動地站著)、she lay motionless(她一動也不動地躺著)。

    Though actually, almost nothing in the real world is perfectly motionless — we still use the word when movement is so small we do not count it.

    Though actually不過其實 , almost nothing in the real world is perfectly motionless,現實世界裡幾乎沒有東西是完全motionless的 — we still use the word——我們還是會用這個字 when movement is so small we do not count it當那個動作小到我們懶得去算的時候。

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成motion + -less (without movement).

同家族的字

  • motionthe movement that is missing
  • movethe everyday verb for the same idea

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

motionlessadj/ˈməʊʃənlɛs/

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    At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.

    • Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows for the most part feeding unconcernedly, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.
    • Nothing could be more businesslike than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。