mo·bile /ˈmoˌbil/
(a.)移動的,易變的,機動的運動物體
mo·bile /ˈmobəl, ˌbaɪl/ 形容詞
mobile
移動
Mo·bile n. The mob; the populace. [Obs.] “The unthinking mobile.”
Mo·bile n. a form of sculpture having several sheets or rods of a stiff material attached to each other by thin wire or twine in a balanced and artfully arranged tree configuration, with the topmost member suspended in air from a support so that the parts may move independently when set in motion by a current of air.
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Mo·bile a.
1. Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable. “Fixed or else mobile.”
2. Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom; as, benzine and mercury are mobile liquids; -- opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily.
3. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
The quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition. --Hawthorne.
4. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as, mobile features.
5. Physiol. Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
mobile
adj 1: moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place
to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue
is...the most mobile articulator" [ant: immobile]
2: (of groups of people) tending to travel and change
settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the
nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession
of a peregrine typist would have a happy future";
"wandering tribes" [syn: nomadic, peregrine, roving,
wandering]
3: having transportation available
4: capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to
another; "a highly mobile face"
5: affording change (especially in social status); "Britain is
not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile" [syn: fluid]
n 1: a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay [syn:
Mobile River]
2: a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay
3: sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced
parts can be set in motion by air currents [ant: stabile]