mobile
adjective/ˈməʊbl/
Слово англійською: mobile
Переклад mobile українською: рухо́мий, рухли́вий, мобі́льний
Детальний опис
- [usually before noun] connected with mobile phones, tablets, etc.
- What's your mobile number?
- Mobile users spent 35 per cent more time on their devices this year.
- mobile apps aimed at children
- mobile networks/operators (= companies that provide mobile phone services)
- mobile platforms/operating systems
- mobile technology/broadband
- mobile gaming/banking
- The mobile market has continued to grow.
- Many companies have tried to push mobile payment services.
- [usually before noun] that is not fixed in one place and can be moved easily and quickly
- mobile equipment
- a mobile clinic/shop/library (= one inside a vehicle)
- a mobile police unit
- The barbecue is fully mobile.
- [not usually before noun] (of a person) able to move or travel around easily
- a kitchen especially designed for people who are less mobile
- You really need to be mobile (= have a car) if you live in the country.
- I've sprained my ankle but I'm still fairly mobile.
- Yoga will help you to become more mobile and supple.
- (of people) able to change your social class, your job or the place where you live easily
- a highly mobile workforce (= people who can move easily from place to place)
- a geographically mobile population
- We have become an increasingly mobile society.
- They were mobile, lived in one area for a short time and roamed widely to obtain resources.
- Meanwhile, skilled workers can be as mobile as capital.
- (of a face or its features) changing shape or expression easily and often
- His mobile features registered amusement.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: via French from Latin mobilis, from movere ‘to move’. The noun dates from the 1940s.