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荒野,旷野使停泊,系住,使固定系泊,固定

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Moor \Moor\, n. [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a
   Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. ?; cf. ? 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.

   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.

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.

            In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor.
                                                  --Carew.

   2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.

   {Moor buzzard} (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Moor coal} (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite.

   {Moor cock} (Zo["o]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red
      grouse of Europe.

   {Moor coot}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Gallinule}.

   {Moor fowl}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse ({Lagopus
          Scoticus}).
      (b) The European heath grouse. See under {Heath}.

   {Moor game}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Moor fowl} (above).

   {Moor grass} (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria
      c[ae]rulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe.

   {Moor hawk} (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier.

   {Moor hen}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The female of the moor fowl.
      (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See
          {Gallinule}.
      (c) An Australian rail ({Tribonyx ventralis}).

   {Moor monkey} (Zo["o]l.), the black macaque of Borneo
      ({Macacus maurus}).

   {Moor titling} (Zo["o]l.), the European stonechat
      ({Pratinocola rubicola}).

Moor \Moor\, v. i.
   To cast anchor; to become fast.

         On oozy ground his galleys moor.         --Dryden.

Moor \Moor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moored}; 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.

   2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. --Brougham.

资料来源 : WordNet®

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 [syn: {moorland}]
     v 1: secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
          [syn: {berth}, {tie up}]
     2: come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the
        evening" [syn: {berth}, {wharf}]
     3: secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat"