a + moor
moor 表示“荒原”时可数,前面可用 a;汉语常说“一片荒原/高沼地”。
The farm stands on a wide, windswept moor.
那座农场坐落在一片开阔、多风的高沼地上。
荒原;高沼地
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荒原;高沼地
a large area of open land, typically with poor, peaty soil and covered with heath and rough grass
The farm stands on a wide, windswept moor.
那座农场坐落在一片开阔、多风的高沼地上。
大片覆盖石楠灌丛的荒地,土壤贫瘠疏松(通常酸性),有时沼泽化并富含泥炭;即石楠荒原。
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
讲哈桑尼亚阿拉伯语的一个族群的人,主要居住在西撒哈拉、毛里塔尼亚及周边国家(摩洛哥、马里、塞内加尔等)部分地区。
A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).
由荒野组成的狩猎保留地。
A game preserve consisting of moorland.
The hikers lost their way in the vast, misty moor.
徒步旅行者在广阔多雾的荒原上迷路了。
Sheep graze on the open moors of northern England.
羊群在英格兰北部的开阔荒原上吃草。
The artist painted a haunting landscape of a lonely moor at sunset.
艺术家画了一幅日落时分孤独荒原的幽静风景。
moor 表示“荒原”时可数,前面可用 a;汉语常说“一片荒原/高沼地”。
The farm stands on a wide, windswept moor.
那座农场坐落在一片开阔、多风的高沼地上。
复数形式 the moors 常泛指大片荒原地区,类似汉语的“荒野”。
The moors are covered in purple heather in late summer.
夏末,荒原上开满了紫色的石楠花。
介词短语 on the moor 表示“在荒原上”,the 特指说话双方都知道的那片荒原。
Fog often settles on the moor at dawn.
黎明时,雾常常笼罩在荒原上。
Not this
We walked across moor.
Use this
We walked across a moor.
moor 是可数名词,单数形式前必须加限定词。汉语没有冠词,学习者容易漏掉 a;此处应写 a moor。
Not this
The moors is beautiful in autumn.
Use this
The moors are beautiful in autumn.
moors 是复数主语,谓语动词须用复数 are。汉语名词没有单复数变化,学习者容易用 is,但英语的主谓必须一致。
Not this
The sheep were grazing in the moor.
Use this
The sheep were grazing on the moor.
表示在荒原上,固定用介词 on(on the moor / on the moors),不用 in。汉语『在……里』直译成 in,但 moor 是开阔地,人在其表面,故用 on。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
开阔的荒原
Sheep graze on the open moor above the village.
羊群在村庄上方开阔的荒原上吃草。
帚石南荒原
In late summer the heather moors turn purple.
夏末,帚石南荒原变成紫色。
松鸡猎场
The estate is known for its grouse moor.
这座庄园以它的松鸡猎场闻名。
寒风劲吹的荒原
They walked across the windswept moor in the rain.
他们冒雨穿越了寒风劲吹的荒原。
在荒原上远足
We love to walk the moors in autumn.
我们喜欢秋天在荒原上远足。
荒原火灾
A moor fire broke out during the dry spell.
旱季期间发生了一场荒原火灾。
我唯一害怕的是荒野上的野兽。
In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes must discover what terrifying creature haunts the Devon moor.
在《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》中,夏洛克·福尔摩斯必须查明是什么可怕的生物出没于德文郡的荒原。
Use moor naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想:moor中的两个o像荒原上起伏的土丘,连成石楠荒地;这也是‘摩尔人’的拼写,想象他们骑马走过这片荒原。
语域:neutral 常见场景:nature writing、travel descriptions、literary texts 这里选取的是“石楠荒原”这一常见义项。该词通常用于书面或半正式的自然、地理描写,也多见于文学和旅游文本;在日常口语中不算高频。另一个大写形式 Moor 指“摩尔人”,与本义项不同。
义项'摩尔人'(Moor)通常大写首字母;义项'荒野'常用复数形式moors
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