mi·grate
verbOPAL W
/maɪˈɡreɪt/
/ˈmaɪɡreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they migrate | /maɪˈɡreɪt/ /ˈmaɪɡreɪt/ |
| he / she / it migrates | /maɪˈɡreɪts/ /ˈmaɪɡreɪts/ |
| past simple migrated | /maɪˈɡreɪtɪd/ /ˈmaɪɡreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle migrated | /maɪˈɡreɪtɪd/ /ˈmaɪɡreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form migrating | /maɪˈɡreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈmaɪɡreɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (of birds, animals, etc.) to move from one part of the world to another according to the season
（随季节变化）迁徙 - Swallows migrate south in winter.
燕子在冬天迁徙到南方。
Extra ExamplesTopics Birdsb2- Migrating birds often rest and feed in the marshes here.
候鸟经常在这里的沼泽地休息和觅食。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- north
- northwards
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- …
- from
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- Swallows migrate south in winter.
- [intransitive] (of a lot of people) to move from one town, country, etc. to go and live and/or work in another
移居；迁移 - Thousands were forced to migrate from rural to urban areas in search of work.
成千上万的人为了寻找工作被迫从农村涌进城市。 - Several thousand years ago whole populations migrated to north-west Europe.
几千年前，整个人口迁移到西北欧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- north
- northwards
- etc.
- …
- from
- into
- to
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- Thousands were forced to migrate from rural to urban areas in search of work.
- [intransitive] (specialist) to move from one place to another
移动；转移 - The infected cells then migrate to other areas of the body.
受感染的细胞接着转移到身体的其他部位。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- north
- northwards
- etc.
- …
- from
- into
- to
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- The infected cells then migrate to other areas of the body.
- [intransitive, transitive] migrate (somebody) (computing) to change, or cause somebody to change, from one computer system to another
（使）转移（到另一计算机系统） - [transitive] migrate something (computing) to move programs or hardware from one computer system to another
将（程序或硬件）迁移，转移（到另一系统）
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘move from one place to another’): from Latin migrat- ‘moved, shifted’, from the verb migrare.