moor

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moor1 /mʊə $ mʊr/ noun [countable usually plural]  especially British EnglishDN a wild open area of high land, covered with rough grass or low bushes and heather, that is not farmed because the soil is not good enough 荒原，荒芜高地；高沼地 They went grouse shooting up on the moors. 他们去荒野射猎松鸡。 the Yorkshire moors 约克郡高沼区

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moor• I can not tell you why, but please do what I ask you, and never come near the moor again.• The cottage, with its lichen-covered roof, looked as though it had grown out of the moor.• These tough animals, who live on the moors year round, were once used extensively in the coal mines.• I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor.• One night he was over the moors around North Stainmore and had to return home at dead of night.• The road fizzled out at a gate plastered with fire hazard warnings, leading on to the moor itself.• He was holding a light in his hand and looking out on to the moor.

Related topics: Water

moor2 verb [intransitive, transitive]  TTWto fasten a ship or boat to the land or to the bottom of the sea using ropes or an anchor 系泊，停泊（船只） Two or three fishing boats were moored alongside the pier. 有两三艘渔船停泊在码头边。→ See Verb table

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moor• Merrill watched them walk across to where a group of small dinghies was moored.• The dahabeeyah had moored for the night and the three girls had been up on the top deck enjoying the evening breeze.• Soon after, lifeguards gave up their search and ordered the crew to moor their patrol boat.• Two battleships were moored to the east of Ford Island.• The herring fleet was moored well inland, and the water was oil-tarnished.Moor noun [countable]  one of the Muslim people from North Africa who entered Spain in the 8th century and ruled the southern part of the country until 1492 摩尔人〔北非的穆斯林，他们于8世纪进入西班牙，至1492年一直统治着西班牙的南部地区〕Origin moor1 Old English mor moor2 (1400-1500) Probably from Middle Low German moren

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a area open Corpus wild of high

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moor¹ /mʊə $ mʊr/ noun [countable usually plural]especially British English a wild open area of high land, covered with rough grass or low bushes and heather, that is not farmed because the soil is not good enough:
    They went grouse shooting up on the moors.
    the Yorkshire moors

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moor² verb [intransitive and transitive]to fasten a ship or boat to the land or to the bottom of the sea using ropes or an anchor:
    Two or three fishing boats were moored alongside the pier.

Moor
Moor noun [countable]
one of the Muslim people from North Africa who entered Spain in the 8th century and ruled the southern part of the country until 1492

MoorBrE /mɔː(r)/ 🔊, /mʊə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /mʊr/ 🔊 nouna member of a race of Muslim people living in NW 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）▸ Moor·ish BrE /ˈmɔːrɪʃ/ 🔊, /ˈmʊərɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmʊrɪʃ/ 🔊 adjective◆the Moorish architecture of Córdoba科尔多瓦市的摩尔式建筑