migrate
/maɪˈgreɪt/verb
no obj.
1- (of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another, especially regularly according to the seasons（动物, 尤指鸟）迁徙, 移栖; （鱼）洄游：
as autumn arrives, the birds migrate south.
秋天到了, 鸟类往南方迁徙。
1.1
- (of a person) move from one area or country to settle in another, especially in search of work（尤指为找工作从一地区或国家）移居（另一地区或国家）：
rural populations have migrated to urban areas.
农村人口移居到了城区。
1.2
- move from one specific part of something to another转移（从一个部位移到另一部位）：
cells which can form pigment migrate beneath the skin.
能形成色素的细胞在皮下移动。
1.3
- Computing change or cause to change from using one system to another【计算机】（使）改用操作系统。
1.4
- with obj. Computing transfer (programs or hardware) from one system to another【计算机】迁移, 把（程序, 硬件）从一系统转移到另一系统。
派生词
migration
/-ʃən/ nounmigrational
adjectivemigrator
nounmigratory
/ˈmaɪgrətərɪ/ adjective词源
early 17th cent. （in the general sense 'move from one place to another'）： from Latin migrat- 'moved, shifted'， from the verb migrare.