| 单词 | mooring |
| 释义 | mooring (once / 2934 pages) n A mooring is kind of like a parking lot for boats — it's a place people can keep their dinghies, sailboats, or ships tied up. One complication of owning a boat is that you need to rent a mooring for it, a place to keep it while you're not out on the water. Piers, docks, and wharfs all typically provide moorings for boats and ships, where they can be attached securely with ropes. Mooring comes from the verb moor, "to fasten by cable," from a Germanic root. WORD FAMILYmooring: moorings+/moor: moorage, moored, mooring, moors USAGE EXAMPLESIn the late afternoon we set off for a sheltered overnight mooring. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) Mooring then responded with a 3 and a layup with 1:26 left to end the threat. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) This movement alters the shape and surface of the cancer cell, allowing it to break free from its moorings and move around freely. BBC(Nov 24, 2016) 1n a place where a craft can be made fast Syn|Hyper berth, moorage, slip anchorage, anchorage ground place for vessels to anchor 2n (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place Syn|Hypo|Hyper mooring line headfast a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf line something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible |
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