Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #4388
moor
荒原；高沼地
a large area of open land, typically with poor, peaty soil and covered with heath and rough grass
- 1.
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.)
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。
- 2.
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.).
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。
- 3.
A game preserve consisting of moorland.
由荒野组成的狩猎保留地。
摩尔人；猎场；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。；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。；由荒野组成的狩猎保留地。
In use
The hikers lost their way in the vast, misty moor.
Sheep graze on the open moors of northern England.
The artist painted a haunting landscape of a lonely moor at sunset.
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。
the + moors
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。
on + the + moor
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。
Connections
Collocations
- open moor
- 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。
- heather moor
- 帚石南荒原
- In late summer the heather moors turn purple.夏末，帚石南荒原变成紫色。
- grouse moor
- 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。
- windswept moor
- 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。
- walk the moors
- 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。
- moor fire
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
义项'摩尔人'（Moor）通常大写首字母；义项'荒野'常用复数形式moors
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes with moor (here /muə/) in conservative RP include poor, sure, tour, boor, lure and cure (all /ʊə/). Be careful: door /dɔː/ and floor /flɔː/ are lookalikes that do not rhyme with moor.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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