moor¹ ◙ 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 originmoor² ◙ 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