新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

moor

英  [mʊə]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • moors

    1[C, U 有变体名词] 荒野

    A moor is an area of open and usually high land with poor soil that is covered mainly with grass and heather.

    双语例句

    例:

    Colliford is higher, right up on the moors.

    考里弗德更高,正好在荒野之上。

    2[C 可数名词] 摩尔人

    The Moors were a Muslim people who established a civilization in North Africa and Spain between the 8th and the 15th centuries AD.

    VERB. 动词
  • moors , mooring , moored

    1[I 不及物动词] 停泊

    If you moor, or moor a boat somewhere, you stop and tie it to the land with a rope or chain so that it cannot move away.

    近义词

    tie up

    双语例句

    例:

    She had moored her barge on the right bank of the river.

    她已经把她的驳船停泊在河的右岸。

    例:

    I decided to moor near some tourist boats.

    我决定在一些游船附近停泊。