Mooring
['mɔːrɪŋ;'mʊə-] or ['mʊrɪŋ]
解释:
(noun.) (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place.
(noun.) a place where a craft can be made fast.
编辑:耶鲁--From WordNet
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moor
(n.) The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings.
(n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc.
(n.) The place or condition of a ship thus confined.
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例句:
- K K, Steam Winches for working moorings and shifting position of the barge. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Pancks opened the door for him, towed him in, and retired to his own moorings in a corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Old Scholey ran in at breakfast-time, to say she had slipped her moorings and was coming out, I jumped up, and made but two steps to the platform. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- The craft lay at her moorings with uncovered hatch. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Boats without awnings were too hot to touch; ships blistered at their moorings; the stones of the quays had not cooled, night or day, for months. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Be it as it might, he gave his moorings the slip, and followed in chase. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
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