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单词 moor
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moor

noun
/mɔː(r)/, /mʊə(r)/
/mʊr/
 (especially British English)
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  1. [countable, usually plural] a high open area of land that is not used for farming, especially an area covered with rough grass and heather
    • the North York moors
    • We went for a walk on the moors.
    Extra Examples
    • We got lost on the moors.
    • the slopes leading down from the moor
    • the wind blowing across the moors
    Topics Geographyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bleak
    • desolate
    • open
    • …
    preposition
    • across the moor
    • down from the moor
    • on the moor
    • …
    phrases
    • the edge of the moor
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  2. (also moorland)
     [uncountable] land that consists of moors
    • moor and rough grassland
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bleak
    • desolate
    • open
    • …
    preposition
    • across the moor
    • down from the moor
    • on the moor
    • …
    phrases
    • the edge of the moor
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    3. Word Originnoun Old English mōr, of Germanic origin.

moor

verb
/mɔː(r)/, /mʊə(r)/
/mʊr/
 [intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they moor
/mɔː(r)/, /mʊə(r)/
/mʊr/
he / she / it moors
/mɔːz/, /mʊəz/
/mʊrz/
past simple moored
/mɔːd/, /mʊəd/
/mʊrd/
past participle moored
/mɔːd/, /mʊəd/
/mʊrd/
-ing form mooring
/ˈmɔːrɪŋ/, /ˈmʊərɪŋ/
/ˈmʊrɪŋ/
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  1. to attach a boat, ship, etc. to a fixed object or to the land with a rope, or anchor it synonym tie up
    • We moored off the north coast of the island.
    • moor something (to something) A number of fishing boats were moored to the quay.
    Topics Transport by waterc2
    Word Originverb late 15th cent.: probably from the Germanic base of Dutch meren.

Moor

noun
/mɔː(r)/, /mʊə(r)/
/mʊr/
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  1. a member of a race of Muslim people living in north-west Africa who entered and took control of part of Spain in the 8th century
    Word Originfrom Old French More, via Latin from Greek Mauros ‘inhabitant of Mauretania’, an ancient region of North Africa.
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