motoric

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to the motor faculties.
    — The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).
  2. Based on repetition of a single note length.
    — In between were the Bang on a Can All-Stars, a contemporary chamber-music group, playing the part of their repertory — drum-driven, motoric, yet by no means primitive — closest to rock.

词形变化

more motoric comparative most motoric superlative

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin mōtorder.
Middle English motour
English motor
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English motoric
From motor + -ic.
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