immobilize
verb(British English also immobilise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they immobilize | |
| he / she / it immobilizes | |
| past simple immobilized | |
| past participle immobilized | |
| -ing form immobilizing |
- immobilize something/somebody
to prevent something/somebody from moving or from working normally 使不动；使不能正常运作 a device to immobilize the car engine in case of theft 遇到有人盗车时使汽车引擎发动不了的装置 Always immobilize a broken leg immediately. 腿断了应立即加以固定。 The firm has been immobilized by a series of strikes. 一连串的罢工使得这家公司无法正常运营。 Some snakes inject their prey with poison in order to immobilize it. 一些蛇给猎物注射毒药以使其动弹不得。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French immobiliser, from immobile, from Latin immobilis, from in- ‘not’ + mobilis, from movere ‘to move’.