mover

Word family

Related topics: Occupations, Government

mov·er /ˈmuːvə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1 mover and shaker informalPOWER an important person who has power and influence over what happens in a situation 有权势的人

He’s one of the movers and shakers in Florida politics.

他是佛罗里达政坛上一个能够呼风唤雨的人物。

Examples from the Corpus

mover and shaker• He has firm alliances with cable movers and shakers like John Malone.• The annual crowd of movers and shakers at the National Press Foundation dinner presents a good example.• Through it all, Tatum maintained his posture of mover and shaker, champion of democracy, doer of good deeds.• McKee was one of the city's movers and shakers in the late 19th century.• As the movers and shakers of this peculiar saga, Bonnaire and Huppert are unnerving and fascinating to watch together.• Most of the movers and shakers in society know that they will not be affected.• The league brings together a cross-section of Tucson, the young and old, the movers and shakers.• In doing so, organizers reportedly alienated traditional movers and shakers.

2 MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONsomeone or something that moves in a particular way 〔以某种方式〕移动的人[物体]

Hummingbirds are quick movers.

蜂鸟飞起来很快。

3. especially American EnglishAmEBOTT someone whose job is to move furniture, boxes etc from one house to another when someone changes where they live 搬家工人

4 something that moves things from one place to another 搬动工具

an earth mover

运土机

5. a stock or share that people are buying and selling a lot of 交投活跃的股票

6 BBPGsomeone who makes a formal proposal at a meeting 提议人

the mover of the motion

动议的提出者

→ prime mover

Examples from the Corpus

mover• The prime mover was George Dodson.• Saturn is the slowest mover of all the planets.• It would certainly include statements by successful movers of amendments and new clauses to Bills.• As the movers and shakers of this peculiar saga, Bonnaire and Huppert are unnerving and fascinating to watch together.• Although, as a rule, the young are generally the movers, while the old tend to be primarily shakers.• In doing so, organizers reportedly alienated traditional movers and shakers.

From Longman Business Dictionary

movermov·er /ˈmuːvə-ər/ noun [countableC]FINANCE

a share whose price has increased or decreased a lot in a particular period

It was one of today’s major movers - up 10 to 468.

mov·er noun

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus