mooring

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

比喩的用法

A place to moor a vessel. / The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.

日本語の意味

船舶を係留するための場所 / 船舶をケーブルや錨などで固定する行為

英語の意味

A place to moor a vessel. / The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.

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We tied the yacht to the mooring before the storm rolled in.

嵐が来る前にヨットを係留場所に繋いだ。

詳細

意味（1）

A place to moor a vessel.

意味（2）

The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.

The party of pro-slavery reaction was for the moment in the ascendant; and as by an irresistible impulse, the Supreme Court of the United States was swept from its hitherto impartial judicial moorings into the dangerous seas of polities.

詳細

moorings （ plural ）