mooring

moor·ing

M0414900 (mo͝or′ĭng)n.1. The act or an instance of making fast an aircraft or a vessel, as by a cable or anchor.2. A place or structure to which a vessel or aircraft can be moored.3. Equipment, such as anchors or chains, for holding fast a vessel or aircraft.4. often moorings Beliefs or familiar ways of thinking that provide psychological stability or security: politicians who lost their moorings during the war.

mooring

(ˈmʊərɪŋ; ˈmɔː-) n1. (Nautical Terms) a place for mooring a vessel2. (Nautical Terms) a permanent anchor, dropped in the water and equipped with a floating buoy, to which vessels can moor

moor•ing

(ˈmʊər ɪŋ)

n. 1. theact of a person or thing that moors. 2. Usu., moorings. the means by which a ship, boat, or aircraft is moored. 3. moorings, a place where a ship, boat, or aircraft may be moored. 4. Usu., moorings. a source of stability or security: to lose one's moorings. [1400–50; late Middle English moryng; compare Middle Dutch moor]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mooring - a place where a craft can be made fastberth, moorage, slipanchorage ground, anchorage - place for vessels to anchor
	2.	mooring - (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in placemooring lineboat - a small vessel for travel on waterheadfast - a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharfline - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"

Translations

系泊

moor²

(muə) verb to fasten (a ship etc) by a rope, cable or anchor. We moored (the yacht) in the bay. (繫繩子、繩索或下錨)泊船 系泊，停泊 ˈmooring noun the act, or a means, of fastening a ship. The mooring broke. 泊船 系泊ˈmoorings noun plural the place where a ship is anchored or fastened. 泊船處 系泊处