Mooring

(noun.) (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place.

(noun.) a place where a craft can be made fast.

编辑:耶鲁

• K K, Steam Winches for working moorings and shifting position of the barge. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Pancks opened the door for him, towed him in, and retired to his own moorings in a corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Old Scholey ran in at breakfast-time, to say she had slipped her moorings and was coming out, I jumped up, and made but two steps to the platform. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The craft lay at her moorings with uncovered hatch. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Boats without awnings were too hot to touch; ships blistered at their moorings; the stones of the quays had not cooled, night or day, for months. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Be it as it might, he gave his moorings the slip, and followed in chase. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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