mooring

/moor-ing/US // ˈmʊər ɪŋ //UK // (ˈmʊərɪŋ, ˈmɔː-) //

停泊,停泊处,停泊点,泊车

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the act of a person or thing that moors.
- : Usually moorings. the means by which a ship, boat, or aircraft is moored.
- : moorings, a place where a ship, boat, or aircraft may be moored.
- : Usually moorings. one's stability or security: After the death of his wife he lost his moorings.

nounlanding

Synonyms

The Coast Guard stated at least one vessel, tied to a tugboat, floated adrift from its moorings, according to The Times-Picayune.
That is, neither country can afford to anchor its strategy to ideology, long after any mooring in reality has vanished.
Launch and recovery, using a ring-shaped mooring device, is largely automated.
There was enough, at all events, to carry them up past the village and back again to their mooring-place.
At Cantley it is difficult to find a mooring-place, and the northward bank is lined with yachts for half a mile.
No time was lost in bringing up and mooring the vessels, and driving piles into the harbour for their better security.
There was no way of mooring the craft, and she swung back and forth in the wind, making it necessary for Matt to stay aboard.
We arrived at Sydney next day, and within half an hour of mooring the ship I paid the man his wages and turned him adrift.