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Collins English-English Dictionary
- movable
['muːvəbəl]
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1.
adj
able to be moved or rearranged; not fixed
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2.
adj
(esp of religious festivals such as Easter) varying in date from year to year
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3.
adj
[usually spelt moveable]
[law]
denoting or relating to personal property as opposed to realty
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4.
adj
[printing]
(of type) cast singly so that each character is on a separate piece of type suitable for composition by hand, as founder's type
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5.
n
[often plural]
a movable article, esp a piece of furniture
Examples
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Thanksgiving is a movable holiday.
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感恩节是逐年变更日期的节日。
→ movable
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首调唱名法
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movable-do system
→ 唱名法
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工人们决定使用动滑轮把这台机器吊上来。
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The workers decided to hoist the machine with a movable pulley.
→ 动滑轮
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把这些浮财搬到新家去吧。
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Take these movable items to the new house.
→ 浮财
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浮财
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movable assets
→ 浮
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