Moor

[m;m] or [mr] 美式发音

(noun.) open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss.

(noun.) 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.

(verb.) secure with cables or ropes; 'moor the boat'.

(verb.) come into or dock at a wharf; 'the big ship wharfed in the evening'.

(verb.) secure in or as if in a berth or dock; 'tie up the boat'.

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• Remember what I told you on the moor--and ask yourself what my assertion is worth. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The moor is before us now, and there is no life for many a mile round. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• After he had worked for three years at Willington he was induced to take the position of brakesman of the engine at the West Moor Colliery at Killingworth. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• There is a watercourse across the moor. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Stone Lodge was situated on a moor within a mile or two of a great town—called Coketown in the present faithful guide-book. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• To Stilbro' Moor! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The Moor who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca is entitled to high distinction. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The Moors have some small silver coins and also some silver slugs worth a dollar each. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Moors and Spaniards are foes forever now. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Condé, in his history of the Moors in Spain, speaks of them as used in that country as early as 1118. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• On the contrary, the Moors reverence cats as something sacred. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Spain is the only nation the Moors fear. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Shirley said she liked the green sweep of the common turf, and, better still, the heath on its ridges, for the heath reminded her of moors. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Hundreds of Moors come to Tangier every year and embark for Mecca. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The first night that finds a small craft moored near the shore of Shador, I replied. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• But how will you know that any craft is moored near Shador? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Cribbed and barred and moored by massive rusty chains, the prison-ship seemed in my young eyes to be ironed like the prisoners. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The four machines can be moved to any part of the dock to which steamers are moored and four ships can be unloaded rapidly at one time. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Instead of this they were left moored to the ship's side. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Against the walls he also moored ships in which towers and rams were erected. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A landing-place overshadowed by a willow, and a pleasure-boat lying moored there among some stakes, caught his eye as he passed along. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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