綁住船的索具與動作
這一組就是繩子本身，以及把繩子綁上去這件事。
noun · C1
The ropes, chains and anchors used to hold a boat or ship in one place, tied to the land or fixed to the sea bed. Almost always plural: the ship slipped her moorings.
繫船索具
核心畫面
Picture one rope with two ends. One end is on the boat. The other end is fixed to something that does not move: a post on the quay, a heavy block on the sea bed. Every meaning of this word sits somewhere on that rope. The rope itself. The spot where the other end is fixed. The job of getting it tied. And once you step away from the water, whatever is doing that same job for a person while everything around them moves.
mooring 可以想成一條兩頭都有著落的繩子。一頭綁在船上，另一頭固定在不會動的東西上，像碼頭的柱子，或海底的重塊…更多收起
mooring 可以想成一條兩頭都有著落的繩子。一頭綁在船上，另一頭固定在不會動的東西上，像碼頭的柱子，或海底的重塊。這個字的每個意思，都落在這條繩子的某個位置：繩子本身、繩子固定的那個地點、還有把繩子綁上去的那個動作。離開水面以後，同一個畫面也用在人身上：四周都在晃的時候，是什麼在幫你做繩子的工作。Three branches
停泊的位置
注意力從繩子移到繩子另一頭固定的那個點，於是變成水面上的一個地點。
noun · C1
A place in a harbour, a river or a bay where a boat can be tied up and left, often one that belongs to someone or is rented.
泊位；停泊處
比喻：讓人穩住的依靠
把同一條繩子改綁在人身上，於是講的是心裡的定錨，而不是船。這是意義上的延伸，不是另一條來源。
noun · C1
The beliefs, people or habits that hold a person or a group steady, so that they keep their sense of who they are. Usually plural, and often used with lose, cut or slip.
（比喻）依靠；定錨
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Mooringname詞源 1
- 1
A mainland dialect of the North Frisian language
Mooringname詞源 2
- 1
A surname.
mooringnoun
- 1
A place to moor a vessel.
- Then did the comet break loose from his moorings and the eclipse roamed about the sky, and down on the earth did Death’s three children—Famine, Pestilence, and Drought—come out to feed.
- On the Lincolnshire side of the Humber, the Pier Station at New Holland was put out of action when the ferry boat plying to and from Hull broke loose from its moorings.
- 2
The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
- 3
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.
- 1890, John George Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History 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.
- 1898, Coates, Florence Earle, song: "Friendship from its Moorings Strays" Friendship from its moorings strays, Love binds fast together; Friendship is for balmy days, Love for stormy weather.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。