moor 音标拼音: [m'ʊr]
n . 荒野,旷野
vt . 使停泊,系住,使固定
vi . 系泊,固定
荒野,旷野使停泊,系住,使固定系泊,固定
Moor n 1 :
one of the Muslim people of north Africa ;
of mixed Arab and Berber descent ;
converted to Islam in the 8th century ;
conqueror of Spain in the 8th century 2 :
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss [
synonym : {
moor }, {
moorland }]
v 1 :
secure in or as if in a berth or dock ; "
tie up the boat "
[
synonym : {
moor }, {
berth }, {
tie up }]
2 :
come into or dock at a wharf ; "
the big ship wharfed in the evening " [
synonym : {
moor }, {
berth }, {
wharf }]
3 :
secure with cables or ropes ; "
moor the boat "
Moor \
Moor \ (
m [=
oo ]
r ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Moored } (
m [=
oo ]
rd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Mooring }.] [
Prob .
fr .
D .
marren to tie ,
fasten ,
or moor a ship .
See {
Mar }.]
1 . (
Naut .)
To fix or secure ,
as a vessel ,
in a particular place by casting anchor ,
or by fastening with cables or chains ;
as ,
the vessel was moored in the stream ;
they moored the boat to the wharf .
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2 .
Fig .:
To secure ,
or fix firmly . --
Brougham .
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Moor \
Moor \ (
m [=
oo ]
r ),
n . [
F .
More ,
Maure ,
L .
Maurus a Moor ,
a Mauritanian ,
an inhabitant of Mauritania ,
Gr .
May ^
ros ;
cf .
may ^
ros black ,
dark .
Cf . {
Morris }
a dance , {
Morocco }.]
1 .
One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco ,
Algeria ,
Tunis ,
and Tripoli ,
chiefly along the coast and in towns .
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2 . (
Hist .)
Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion . "
In Spanish history the terms Moors ,
Saracens ,
and Arabs are synonymous ." --
Internat .
Cyc .
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Moor \
Moor \,
n . [
OE .
mor ,
AS .
m [=
o ]
r moor ,
morass ;
akin to D .
moer moor ,
G .
moor ,
and prob .
to Goth .
marei sea ,
E .
mere .
See {
Mere }
a lake .]
1 .
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath ,
and having a poor ,
light soil ,
but sometimes marshy ,
and abounding in peat ;
a heath .
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In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor .
--
Carew .
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2 .
A game preserve consisting of moorland .
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{
Moor buzzard } (
Zool .),
the marsh harrier . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Moor coal } (
Geol .),
a friable variety of lignite .
{
Moor cock } (
Zool .),
the male of the {
moor fowl }
or red grouse of Europe .
{
Moor coot }. (
Zool .)
See {
Gallinule }.
{
Moor game }. (
Zool .)
Same as {
Moor fowl }.
{
Moor grass } (
Bot .),
a tufted perennial grass ({
Sesleria caerulea }),
found in mountain pastures of Europe .
{
Moor hawk } (
Zool .),
the marsh harrier .
{
Moor hen }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The female of the {
moor fowl }.
(
b )
A gallinule ,
esp .
the European species .
See {
Gallinule }.
(
c )
An Australian rail ({
Tribonyx ventralis }).
{
Moor monkey } (
Zool .),
the black macaque of Borneo ({
Macacus maurus }).
{
Moor titling } (
Zool .),
the European stonechat ({
Pratinocola rubicola }).
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Moor \
Moor \,
v .
i .
To cast anchor ;
to become fast .
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On oozy ground his galleys moor . --
Dryden .
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266 Moby Thesaurus words for "
moor ":
affix ,
agricultural region ,
alight ,
alkali flat ,
alluvial plain ,
anchor ,
annex ,
anthill ,
arable land ,
attach ,
barrow ,
basin ,
batten ,
batten down ,
baygall ,
belay ,
berth ,
billet at ,
bind ,
bivouac ,
black belt ,
bog ,
bottom ,
bottomland ,
bottoms ,
brae ,
bridle ,
buffalo wallow ,
burrow ,
bushveld ,
butte ,
camp ,
campo ,
cast anchor ,
catch ,
cement ,
chain ,
champaign ,
champaign country ,
cinch ,
citrus belt ,
clamp ,
clinch ,
coastal plain ,
colonize ,
come to anchor ,
come to land ,
corn belt ,
cotton belt ,
countryside ,
cramp ,
debark ,
debus ,
delta ,
deplane ,
desert ,
detrain ,
disembark ,
disemplane ,
dock ,
domesticate ,
down ,
downs ,
drop anchor ,
drop the hook ,
drumlin ,
dune ,
dust bowl ,
enchain ,
engraft ,
ensconce ,
entrammel ,
establish residence ,
everglade ,
farm belt ,
farm country ,
farmland ,
fasten ,
fasten down ,
fell ,
fen ,
fenland ,
fetter ,
fix ,
flat ,
flat country ,
flatland ,
flats ,
foothills ,
fruit belt ,
glade ,
go ashore ,
graft ,
grapple ,
grass roots ,
grass veld ,
grassland ,
grazing region ,
gyve ,
hamper ,
handcuff ,
heath ,
highland ,
highlands ,
hill ,
hillock ,
hive ,
hobble ,
hog wallow ,
hog -
tie ,
holm ,
hopple ,
hummock ,
inhabit ,
kedge ,
kedge off ,
keep house ,
knit ,
knob ,
knoll ,
land ,
lande ,
lash ,
lash and tie ,
lay anchor ,
leash ,
level ,
live at ,
llano ,
locate ,
lowland ,
lowlands ,
lunar mare ,
make a landfall ,
make fast ,
make land ,
make port ,
make secure ,
make sure ,
manacle ,
marais ,
mare ,
marish ,
marsh ,
marshland ,
meadow ,
meadows and pastures ,
mere ,
mesa ,
mesilla ,
mire ,
molehill ,
monticle ,
monticule ,
moorland ,
moors ,
morass ,
moss ,
mound ,
move ,
mud ,
mud flat ,
nest ,
open country ,
pampa ,
pampas ,
park ,
peat bog ,
peg down ,
peneplain ,
people ,
perch ,
picket ,
pin down ,
pinion ,
plain ,
plains ,
plateau ,
playa ,
populate ,
prairie ,
prairies ,
province ,
provinces ,
put in ,
put in irons ,
put into port ,
put to ,
quagmire ,
quicksand ,
reach land ,
relocate ,
reside ,
restrain ,
rolling country ,
roost ,
rope ,
rural district ,
rustic region ,
salt flat ,
salt marsh ,
salt pan ,
sand dune ,
savanna ,
screw up ,
sebkha ,
secure ,
set ,
set to ,
set up housekeeping ,
set up shop ,
settle ,
settle down ,
shackle ,
sit down ,
slob land ,
slough ,
sough ,
squat ,
stand ,
stay at ,
steppe ,
steppes ,
straitjacket ,
strap ,
strike root ,
sump ,
swale ,
swamp ,
swampland ,
swell ,
table ,
tableland ,
taiga ,
take residence at ,
take root ,
take up residence ,
tether ,
the country ,
the soil ,
the sticks ,
tie ,
tie down ,
tie up ,
tighten ,
tobacco belt ,
trammel ,
tree veld ,
trice up ,
trim ,
tundra ,
unboat ,
upland ,
uplands ,
vega ,
veld ,
wallow ,
wash ,
wasteland ,
weald ,
wheat belt ,
wide -
open spaces ,
wold ,
woodland ,
woods and fields ,
yokeldom
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MOOR Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of MOOR is an expanse of open rolling infertile land How to use moor in a sentence
Moor | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica Today, the term Moor is used to designate the predominant Arab-Amazigh ethnic group in Mauritania (which makes up more than two-thirds of the country’s population) and the small Arab-Amazigh minority in Mali
MOOR Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com MOOR definition: a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath See examples of moor used in a sentence
MOOR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary MOOR definition: 1 an open area of hills covered with rough grass, especially in Britain: 2 to tie a boat so that… Learn more
moor - Wiktionary, the free dictionary moor (plural moors) An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
Moor - definition of moor by The Free Dictionary moor (mʊə; mɔː) n (Physical Geography) a tract of unenclosed ground, usually having peaty soil covered with heather, coarse grass, bracken, and moss [Old English mōr; related to Old Saxon mōr, Old High German muor swamp]
MOOR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary A moor is an area of open and usually high land with poor soil that is covered mainly with grass and heather
Moor Definition Meaning | YourDictionary To make fast (a vessel, for example) by means of cables, anchors, or lines Moor a ship to a dock; a dirigible moored to a tower
What does MOOR mean? - Definitions for MOOR A moor is a type of landscape characterized by open, rolling, hilly terrain, often covered with heather, grass, and low shrubs It is usually wet, rocky, and often poorly drained, due to high levels of peat and acid in the soil
Why is it called a moor? - The Institute for Environmental Research and . . . A moor is generally defined as an open, uncultivated, upland area characterized by acidic soils, peat formation, and vegetation dominated by heather, gorse, and other hardy, low-growing plants