mooring

名词 n. 动词 v.

中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.

A place to moor a vessel.

— Then did the comet break loose from his moorings and the eclipse roamed about the sky, and down on the earth did Death’s three children—Famine, Pestilence, and Drought—come out to feed.
The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc. figuratively

— 1890, John George Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History The party of pro-slavery reaction was for the moment in the ascendant; and as by an irresistible impulse, the Supreme Court of the United States was swept from its hitherto impartial judicial moorings into the dangerous seas of polities.

动词 v.

moorings plural

衍生词

mooring block mooring buoy mooring line mooring post mooring ring