moor1 /mʊə $ mʊr/ noun [countableC usually plural]
especially British EnglishBrEDN a wild open area of high land, covered with roughgrass or low bushes and heather, that is not farmed because the soil is not good enough 荒原,荒芜高地;高沼地
They went grouse shooting up on the moors.
他们去荒野射猎松鸡。
the Yorkshire moors
约克郡高沼区
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moor• I can not tell you why, but please do what I ask you, and never come near the moor again.• The cottage, with its lichen-covered roof, looked as though it had grown out of the moor.• These tough animals, who live on the moors year round, were once used extensively in the coal mines.• I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor.• One night he was over the moors around North Stainmore and had to return home at dead of night.• The roadfizzled out at a gateplastered with firehazardwarnings, leading on to the moor itself.• He was holding a light in his hand and looking out on to the moor.
one of the Muslim people from North Africa who entered Spain in the 8th century and ruled the southern part of the country until 1492 摩尔人〔北非的穆斯林,他们于8世纪进入西班牙,至1492年一直统治着西班牙的南部地区〕
(especially BrE) ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bleak, desolate, open, wild, windswept荒涼的沼澤;開闊的沼澤地;荒蕪的沼澤;受大風侵襲的沼澤PREPOSITION➤across the moor穿過沼澤◇the wind blowing across the moors吹過沼澤的風➤down from the moor從沼澤往下◇the slopes leading down from the moor從沼澤地往下的斜坡➤on the moor在沼澤地上◇We got lost on the moors.我們在沼澤地裏迷路了。➤over the moor越過沼澤◇Don't walk over the moors in bad weather.天氣不好的時候不要徒步過沼澤。PHRASES➤the edge of the moor沼澤邊緣