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unmoored

/uhn-moor/US // ʌnˈmʊər //UK // (ʌnˈmʊə, -ˈmɔː) //

锚定,闲置的,锚地,锚定的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to loose from moorings or anchorage.
    • : to bring to the state of riding with a single anchor after being moored by two or more.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become unmoored.

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Examples

  • Millennials are “unmoored from institutions,” gasped Pew Research recently.

  • The idea of the city was much more alluring than the city itself on a rainy, unmoored day.

  • If we are unmoored from the Constitution, then what are we onto?

  • My trust in everything I thought I knew about myself came unmoored.

  • As a result, our modern gun-rights ideology is often unmoored from any sense of corresponding civic obligation.

  • The flag-ship being now daily expected, we unmoored, and came down to Macào, awaiting her arrival in the outer Roads.

  • At last the welcome boat was seen coming from the shore; we unmoored, and went ahead for about an hour.

  • They went on board at once; and having unmoored, they sailed to the southeast after the falcon.

  • He presently reached the river, unmoored his boat, and with the aid of a strong current soon reached his home.

  • Perhaps, on the other hand, these wardens did not care to shout a final notice that the boat was now unmoored.