moor

[US]/mɔː/
[UK]/mʊr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mazinga, ardhi ya mawe mamilioni
vt. & vi. kusafiri kwa mpira mwenye mazinga
Word Forms
Past Tensemoored
Present Participlemooring
Pluralmoors
Third Person Singularmoors
Past Participlemoored

Example Sentences

moor a ship to a dock; a dirigible moored to a tower.

weka meli nanga kwenye bandari; meli ya hewa iliyo nanga kwenye mnara.

mooring mast, mooring tower

masta ya kuvua, tower ya kuvua

mooring the rowboat at the dock;

kufunga boti ndogo kwenye bandari;

we're moored fore and aft.

tunakuvua mbele na mbinguni.

we moored alongside a jetty.

tulifunga meli karibu na jetty.

it was parky on Bradfield Moors last week.

ilikuwa chafu kwenye Bradfield Moors mwa wiki iliyopita.

in 799 the Moors retook Barcelona.

kwa miji 799 Moors alikaribisha Barcelona.

a boat moored offshore.

kochi kuvua kwenye mizigo.

the foundation of the walls, compacted of Moor-stone and Lime.

msingi wa kuta, unafupiwa kwa mawe ya Moor na chaki.

the village is over the moors in a northerly direction.

mji unapita kwenye mizigo kusini.

territories encompassing high moor and upland.

maeneo ambayo yanajumuisha misitu ya juu na milima.

they hiked across the moors for miles.

Walitembea kupitia misitu kwa maili.

a lively rendering of ‘Ilkley Moor’.

takwimu ya kusimamia ya ‘Ilkley Moor’.

the moors are very rugged in places.

mguu ni miguu sana kwenye mipaka.

the moor can be a wild and unforgiving place in bad weather.

mizigo inaweza kuwa enzi ya miguu na kushindwa kwa mazingira ya mabaya.

The freighter moored alongside the wharf.

Meli ilifungwa karibu na bandari.

an offshore mooring; offshore oil-drilling platforms.

mooring ya upande wa mpira; mipango ya upande wa mpira ya uchuma.

a steamship moored to its berth at the pier.

mshipi ya mpira iliyekuwa na mchumia kwa mpira katika mchumia.

The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.

Chini sasa imewekwa milele kwenye Mto Thames mjini London.

twenty or so fishing boats were moored to the pierside.

mbele ya kumi na moja ya kochi ya kuvua kwenye mizigo ya pierside.

Real-world Examples

We moored in and waited for a high tide.

Tulimwaka na kuchakua mguu mkuu wa mwele.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Sailors moored their boat to a dock and went onshore.

Wakafua wanaosalia kwa kuchakua mengine kwa mizigo na wakasalia kwa mizigo.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Lonely white roads stretched across the great, wide moors as far as the hills.

Mipango mazuri ya mwele yaliyotengenezwa kwa mizigo makuu na mazuri zilikuwa zilifungua kwa mizigo makuu na mazuri kwa mizigo makuu na mazuri.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

The weary moor that I have passed!

Mwele mwenye mguu ulioita kwa mguu wangu!

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

I never want to leave the moor.'

Hapana mguu mkuu ulioita kwa mguu wangu.

Source: The Secret Garden (Simplified Version)

A bloodcurdling howl comes from the moor.

Ukali wa mguu mkuu ulioita kwa mguu wangu.

Source: BBC Reading Classics to Learn Vocabulary

Suddenly a light answered from the moor.

Kwa mguu mkuu ulioita kwa mguu wangu, mguu mkuu ulioita kwa mguu wangu.

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

We will moor to buoys ahead and astern.

Tutamwaka kwa mguu mkuu ulioita kwa mguu wangu kwa mguu mkuu ulioita kwa mguu wangu.

Source: Maritime English listening

Have you moored the dinghy safely?

Umeamwaka mguu mkuu ulioita kwa mguu wangu kwa mguu mkuu ulioita kwa mguu wangu.

Source: New Concept English Vocabulary Book 3 for Speaking

A shark moored another surfer nearby a day earlier.

Mguu mkuu ulioita kwa mguu wangu mguu mkuu ulioita kwa mguu wangu mguu mkuu ulioita kwa mguu wangu.

Source: AP Listening Collection April 2015

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