moor

moor1
[mʊə, mɔː]
noun
  1. a tract of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather
    （尤指长有欧石兰的）荒芜高原，荒野
    ■a tract of such land preserved for shooting
    猎场，狩猎区
    [with modifier]a grouse moor.
    松鸡猎场。
    ■(US or dialect)a fen
    (美或方)沼，沼泽
派生
moorish
adjective
moory
adjective
语源
  1. Old English mōr, of Germanic origin
moor2
[mʊə, mɔː]
verb
  1. [with obj.](often be moored)make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor
    使（船）停泊，系泊，系留
    twenty or so fishing boats were moored to the pierside.
    大约20艘渔船系泊在码头边。
    ■[no obj., with adverbial of place](of a boat) be made fast somewhere in this way
    （船）停泊，系泊，系留；被系住
    we moored alongside a jetty.
    我们停泊在防波堤旁。
派生
moorage
noun
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: probably from the Germanic base of Dutch meren
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