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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旷野；荒野；高沼；漠泽
    • the North York moors北约克郡的漠泽
    • We went for a walk on the moors.我们到旷野去散步。
    Extra Examples
    • We got lost on the moors.我们在沼泽地里迷路了。
    • the slopes leading down from the moor从沼泽地往下的斜坡
    • the wind blowing across the moors吹过沼泽的风
    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旷野；荒野；高沼；漠泽
    • moor and rough grassland高沼地和苍莽的草原
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bleak
    • desolate
    • open
    • …
    preposition
    • across the moor
    • down from the moor
    • on the moor
    • …
    phrases
    • the edge of the moor
    See full entry
    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 （使）停泊；系泊synonym tie up
    • We moored off the north coast of the island.我们停泊在岛的北部岸边。🔊🔊
    • moor something (to something) A number of fishing boats were moored to the quay.很多渔船系泊在码头。🔊🔊
    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摩尔人（居住在非洲西北部的穆斯林，曾于 8 世纪占领西班牙部分地区）
    Word Originfrom Old French More, via Latin from Greek Mauros ‘inhabitant of Mauretania’, an ancient region of North Africa.