late 15c., from Middle French mobile (14c.), from Latin mobilis "movable, easy to move; loose, not firm," figuratively, "pliable, flexible, susceptible, nimble, quick; changeable, inconstant, fickle," contraction of *movibilis, from movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Sociology sense from 1927. Mobile home first recorded 1940.
Mobile
city in Alabama, U.S., attested c. 1540 in Spanish as Mauvila, referring to an Indian group and perhaps from Choctaw (Muskogean) moeli "to paddle." Related: Mobilian.
mobile (n.)
early 15c. in astronomy, "outer sphere of the universe," from mobile (adj.); the artistic sense is first recorded 1949 as a shortening of mobile sculpture (1936). Now-obsolete sense of "the common people, the rabble" (1670s) led to mob (n.).
mobile 双语例句
1. In the summer her mobile home heats up like an oven.
夏天一到，她的活动住房就变得像烤炉一样热。
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2. Most mobile robots are still in the design stage.
大多数移动机器人仍处在设计阶段。
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3. The Party has been unable to attract upwardly mobile voters.
该党一直不能吸引那些追求更高社会地位的选民。
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4. The mobile phone business was actually his bread and butter.
移动电话业务实际上是他的主业。
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5. There has been consistent growth in GSM mobile subscribers.