motionlessness
motionlessness — 名詞
1. the quality of staying completely still, with no movement at all
靜止；不動
完全沒有移動的狀態
the quality of staying completely still, with no movement at all
Paloma was struck by the motionlessness of the deer standing in the forest clearing.
Paloma 被森林空地上那頭鹿的靜止不動深深吸引。
the motionlessness of [noun] — describes a still object or being
The dancer's perfect motionlessness at the end of the piece felt almost unreal.
舞者在表演結束時那完美的靜止，幾乎讓人覺得不真實。
noun phrase with descriptive adjective: 'perfect/utter motionlessness'
Xiu was alarmed by the sudden motionlessness of her grandfather after the fall.
Xiu 看到爺爺跌倒後突然一動也不動，感到非常驚慌。
the motionlessness of a person can signal injury or shock
The cat's total motionlessness on the windowsill made Hamza think it was a statue.
那隻貓在窗台上完全不動，讓 Hamza 還以為牠是一座雕像。
noun phrase 'total motionlessness' as observed quality of a subject
Doctors were worried about the motionlessness of the patient's right hand.
醫生對病人右手的靜止不動感到擔心。
medical context: lack of movement in a body part
- complete motionlessness
- utter motionlessness
- perfect motionlessness
- the motionlessness of
- stillness
more common everyday word; same idea but less formal
- immobility
stresses the inability to move, not just the lack of it
- stasis
formal or scientific; a fixed unchanging state, not only physical
文法句型
the motionlessness of [noun]
用法筆記
Often used with 'of + noun' to point to what is not moving (e.g. 'the motionlessness of the lake'). Compare 'stillness', which is more common in everyday speech.
常見錯誤
同根字
- motion名詞B2
- motionless形容詞C1
- motionlessly副詞C1
常見搭配
常用片語
- a state of motionlessness
- frozen in motionlessness
介系詞搭配
- in motionlessness
- with motionlessness