mooring
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++moor·ing /ˈmʊərɪŋ $ ˈmʊr-/ noun 1 moorings [plural]TTW the ropes, chains, anchors etc used to fasten a ship or boat to the land or the bottom of the sea 〔船只的〕系泊用具，锚定设备break free of/slip its moorings The great ship slipped her moorings and slid out into the Atlantic. 这艘大船脱锚漂到了大西洋。2 TTW[countable] the place where a ship or boat is moored 〔船只的〕系泊处，停泊地，泊位 a temporary mooring 临时泊位
Examples from the Corpus
mooring• Slowly, each of their minds unhitched from its moorings in the body and spun.• The three paused at the water's edge, not far from Water Gypsy's moorings.• She looked for the yacht but another boat was on the mooring it had used.• The oyster boats were still fixed to the moorings, a sure sign that Oystermouth was in mourning.• The moorings are too close to town centre.• In the water; the boats rocked at their moorings, their tuna towers swaying.• Several ships had broken their moorings during the storm.• The nearby Mokelumne River ripped a half-dozen boats from their moorings and slammed them into a bridge down river.• The signal buoys that might have guided them to safety had been ripped from their moorings by the violent winds.• Stultz headed back to their mooring, a few hundred yards east of the Trepassey town dock.moor·ing nounChineseSyllable
etc ship the ropes, fasten used to anchors a chains, Corpus
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mooring
moor‧ing /ˈmʊərɪŋ $ ˈmʊr-/
noun
1. moorings [plural] the ropes, chains, anchors etc used to fasten a ship or boat to the land or the bottom of the sea
break free of/slip its moorings
The great ship slipped her moorings and slid out into the Atlantic.
2. [countable] the place where a ship or boat is moored:
a temporary mooring
▪ port noun [uncountable and countable] a place where ships can be loaded and unloaded: a busy port | We’ll have two days ashore while the ship is in port. | The ferry was about to leave port.
▪harbour British English, harbor American English noun [countable] an area of water next to the land which is protected by walls so the water is calm, and is a place where ships can stay when they are not sailing: They sailed into Portsmouth Harbour | Tourist boats leave the harbour at Riva regularly. | the harbour wall
▪dock [uncountable and countable] a place in a port where ships are loaded, unloaded, or repaired: A crowd was waiting at the dock to greet them. | The ship was in dock for repairs.
▪pier a structure that is built over and into the water so that boats can stop next to it or people can walk along it: The yacht was moored at a pier.
▪jetty noun [countable] a wall or platform built out into the water, used for getting on and off boats: a wooden jetty | The house has a private jetty.
▪mooring noun [countable] the place where a ship or boat is fastened to the land or to the bottom of the sea: Tugs towed the boat away from its mooring at White Bay.
▪marina noun [countable] a harbour where people keep boats which are used for pleasure: They are building a new 220-berth marina. | The apartments have a private marina.
moor‧ing /ˈmʊərɪŋ $ ˈmʊr-/
noun1. moorings [plural] the ropes, chains, anchors etc used to fasten a ship or boat to the land or the bottom of the sea
break free of/slip its moorings
2. [countable] the place where a ship or boat is moored:
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