movers
movers — 名詞
- moverssingular
- moversesplural
1. people or a company you pay to wrap your furniture and boxes, load them into a t
搬運工
受僱搬運家具物品到新地點的人員或公司
people or a company you pay to wrap your furniture and boxes, load them into a truck, drive them, and unload them at your new home or office
Hari and his partner hired movers to shift their flat from Mumbai to Pune.
Hari 和他的伴侶僱了搬運工，把公寓從孟買搬到浦那。
collocation: hire movers
The movers arrived at seven in the morning with a large blue truck.
搬運工早上七點就到了，開著一輛藍色大卡車。
Linh packed the books herself but left the heavy furniture for the movers.
Linh 自己打包了書本，但把沉重的家具留給搬運工處理。
Tariq's movers broke a lamp during the trip and offered to pay for it.
Tariq 請的搬運工在途中打破了一盞燈，並主動提出賠償。
The movers charged extra because the sofa would not fit through the narrow door.
搬運工額外收了費用，因為沙發無法通過那扇窄門。
- removalists
common in Australian and British English; same meaning as movers
- moving company
refers to the business rather than the individual workers
- hauliers
more industrial; typically transport heavy goods or materials, not household belongings
文法句型
hire + movers
the movers + verb (arrive, come, load, pack)
用法筆記
Almost always used in the plural (movers), even when you mean a single company. To talk about one worker, say 'one of the movers' rather than 'a mover.'
常見錯誤
2. how well or in what style someone dances, always used after an adjective such as
跳舞表現
形容一個人跳舞跳得好不好或風格如何
how well or in what style someone dances, always used after an adjective such as 'good,' 'graceful,' or 'terrible' — for example, someone who is 'a smooth mover' or 'a clumsy mover'
On the dance floor, Ada is easily the best mover in our group.
在舞池上，Ada 絕對是我們這群人中跳舞表現最好的。
pattern: the + adjective + mover
João claims he is a terrible mover but his friends disagree loudly.
João 說自己跳舞很糟，但他的朋友們大聲反駁。
collocation: terrible mover
The salsa teacher told Kasia she had become a much more confident mover.
莎莎舞老師告訴 Kasia，她的跳舞表現比以前有自信多了。
As a child, Noa was a natural mover who picked up every new step fast.
Noa 從小就很有跳舞天分，每學一個新舞步都很快上手。
You need to be a graceful mover to perform that waltz routine well.
要跳好那支華爾滋，你必須是個舞姿優雅的人。
- dancer
neutral; 'mover' adds evaluation (good/bad) while 'dancer' can stand alone
文法句型
a/an + adjective + mover (good, bad, smooth, clumsy, graceful, natural)
用法筆記
Always follows an adjective and cannot stand alone. Saying 'He is a mover' does not communicate anything about dancing — it would be understood as sense 1 (someone who transports belongings) or be confusing.
常見錯誤
3. a product that customers buy in large quantities over a short period, nearly alw
熱銷品
銷售速度很快、數量很大的商品
a product that customers buy in large quantities over a short period, nearly always described with a word like 'fast' or 'big' before it
Yuna told her staff the new phone charger became a fast mover the moment it hit the shelves.
Yuna 告訴她的員工，那款新手機充電器一上架就成了熱銷品。
collocation: fast mover
The shop manager told Ife that organic soap was the store's biggest mover that month.
店經理告訴 Ife，有機香皂是那個月店裡最熱銷的商品。
collocation: biggest mover
During the holiday season, toy robots were the top movers across all their stores.
聖誕季節期間，玩具機器人在所有門市都是最熱銷的商品。
Mia checked the sales figures and found that garden tools were slow movers this spring.
Mia 查看銷售數據後發現，園藝工具今年春天賣得很慢。
Mei checked the weekend tally — matcha cookies were the shop's strongest mover, selling out by Saturday noon.
Mei 核對週末銷售數據——抹茶餅乾是店裡賣最快的商品，週六中午就賣光了。
- bestseller
usually reserved for books; 'mover' applies to any product category
- hot seller
more informal; common in spoken business contexts
- top-selling item
slightly more formal; often used in reports
- slow mover
a product that takes a long time to sell; the natural opposite within the same expression pattern
文法句型
a + adjective + mover (fast mover, big mover, top mover, slow mover)
用法筆記
Always used with an adjective such as fast, big, top, slow, or strong. Most common in retail, marketing, and business reporting. Distinguish from sense 5, which is about stock-market shares rather than physical products.
常見錯誤
4. the person in a formal meeting who officially puts an idea or plan forward so th
動議人
在正式會議中提出議案供討論表決的人
the person in a formal meeting who officially puts an idea or plan forward so that others can debate it and then vote
Hoa stood up and addressed the chair as the mover of the new budget proposal.
Hoa 站起來向主席致意，以新預算案動議人的身分發言。
pattern: the mover of the + proposal
The mover, Emeka, spoke for three minutes before the planning committee began its debate.
動議人 Emeka 發言了三分鐘，之後規劃委員會才開始辯論。
When nobody in the room seconded her motion, the mover had to withdraw it and sit down.
會議室裡沒有人附議她的議案，動議人只好撤回並坐下。
Adisa was chosen as the mover because she had the strongest case for change.
Adisa 被選為動議人，因為她提出變革的理由最充分。
The chairperson asked the mover, Santiago, to state the budget proposal clearly for the record.
主席請動議人 Santiago 將預算案清楚地陳述，以便記錄在案。
- seconder
the person who formally supports the mover's motion so that debate can begin
文法句型
the mover of the + noun (motion, proposal, resolution)
用法筆記
A specialised parliamentary term. In everyday meetings, people normally say 'the person who proposed the idea' rather than 'the mover.' Appears almost exclusively in formal procedure contexts such as board meetings, government sessions, and legal hearings.
常見錯誤
5. a company's shares whose price has risen or fallen by a noticeable amount during
活躍股
在特定期間內價格變動顯著的股票
a company's shares whose price has risen or fallen by a noticeable amount during a specific trading period, making them stand out from the rest of the market
Feng watched the screen closely because the bank's shares were the day's top movers.
Feng 緊盯著螢幕，因為那家銀行的股票是當天最活躍的個股。
collocation: top movers
Amara refreshed her screen — tech stocks were the biggest movers on the exchange after the earnings report dropped.
Amara 刷新螢幕——財報公布後，科技股成了交易所中最活躍的股票。
collocation: biggest movers
The senior trader, Chiamaka, warned her team to keep a close watch on the afternoon's fast movers.
資深交易員 Chiamaka 提醒她的團隊，要密切留意下午的活躍股。
Dmitri checked the board and saw that energy shares had become the main movers when oil prices jumped unexpectedly.
Dmitri 查看報價板後發現，油價意外飆升時能源股成了主要的活躍股。
Rafiq stared at his terminal — Atlas Mining's shares had jumped fourteen percent, the most significant movers that day.
Rafiq 盯著他的交易終端機——Atlas Mining 的股價飆升了十四%，是當天最顯著的活躍股。
- active stocks
emphasises trading volume; 'movers' emphasises price change
- volatile shares
focuses on unpredictability rather than the size of the move
- stable stocks
shares whose price stays largely unchanged over the same period
文法句型
adjective + movers (top movers, biggest movers, fast movers)
用法筆記
Almost always plural and typically paired with an adjective like top, biggest, main, or fast. Common in financial news reports and market commentary. Distinguish from sense 3, which refers to physical products that sell well rather than shares that change in price.