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migrate

verb
OPAL 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/
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  1. [intransitive] (of birds, animals, etc.鸟类、动物等) 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 Examples
    • Migrating birds often rest and feed in the marshes here.迁徙的鸟类经常在这里休息并觅食沼泽地。
    Topics Birdsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • north
    • northwards
    • etc.
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    • into
    • to
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive] (of a lot of people许多人) to move from one town, country, etc. to go and live and/or work in another移居；迁移 synonym emigrate
    • 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，整个人口都迁移到了西北欧。
    Topics Social issuesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • north
    • northwards
    • etc.
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    • into
    • to
    • …
    See full entry
  3. [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.
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    • into
    • to
    • …
    See full entry
  4. [intransitive, transitive] migrate (somebody) (computing计算机) to change, or cause somebody to change, from one computer system to another（使）转移（到另一计算机系统）
  5. [transitive] migrate something (computing计算机) 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）
    6. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘move from one place to another’): from Latin migrat- ‘moved, shifted’, from the verb migrare.