• my nciku
  • conversations
  • Q&A
  • theme words
  • tools
  • nciku mini

listen

 Auto Play

listen

 Auto Play
movable

?�★

Font Size

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

movable [ 'muvəbl] [ 'muːvəbl]
  1. 1. adjective [legal] 可动的;可移动的活动的;特指动产
  2. 2. adjective 节日等)日期每年变更
    Thanksgiving is a movable holiday.
    感恩节逐年变更日期节日
  3. 3. noun 可移动的东西
  4. 4. noun [legal] 家具动产[通常用于复数形态]

Collins English-English Dictionary

movable ['muːvəbəl]
  1. 1. adj able to be moved or rearranged; not fixed
  2. 2. adj (esp of religious festivals such as Easter) varying in date from year to year
  3. 3. adj [usually spelt moveable] [law] denoting or relating to personal property as opposed to realty
  4. 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
  5. 5. n [often plural] a movable article, esp a piece of furniture

Examples

Thanksgiving is a movable holiday.
感恩节是逐年变更日期的节日。 movable
首调唱名法
movable-do system 唱名法
工人们决定使用动滑轮把这台机器吊上来。
The workers decided to hoist the machine with a movable pulley. 动滑轮
把这些浮财搬到新家去吧。
Take these movable items to the new house. 浮财
浮财
movable assets

Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.

Idioms + Phrasal Verbs

Recently Reviewed Words

Content partners 外研社collins