unmoor
verb
uk/ʌnˈmɔːr/us/ʌnˈmʊr/unmoorverb(UNTIE BOAT)
[IorT]
tounfastenaboatfrom somethingconnectingit tolandor to thebottomof thesea, alake, ariver, etc.:
解(船)的缆;起(船)的锚He hadattemptedtosteala 45ftyacht, without first unmooring it.他企图偷一艘45英尺长的游艇,却没有先解开系泊的缆绳。
On the 23d ofOctoberI unmoored and madereadyforsea.10月23日,我卸下船锚,准备出海。
- A boatman isresponsibleformooringand unmooringvessels.
- Laughing, he unmoored the Orlouge andcastoff.
- Hisservantnegligently,carelesslyandwrongfullyunmoored thesloop.
Fastening and tying
- anchor
- bale
- be locked togetheridiom
- belay
- boardsomethingup
- bolt
- bound
- bowline
- granny knot
- half hitch
- harness
- hobble
- hogtie
- stake
- strap
- strapsomeonein
- strapsomethingup
- tack
- tapesomethingup
- tether
unmoorverb(SEPARATE)
[T]
tobecomelessinvolvedwith,connectedwith orinfluencedby something, or to make someone or something do this:
解掉,去掉;与…脱钩J. K. Rowling hassucceededin unmooring theboardingschoolstoryfromwealth,classandsnobbery.J. K. 罗琳成功地将寄宿学校的故事与财富、阶级和势利脱钩。
Theinstitutionneedstogrow,evenif thatmeansunmooringitselffromitsfounder'seducationalideals.这所学校需要发展,即使这意味着与创始人的教育理想脱钩。
See also
unmoored
- Heembracedanactivismthat unmoored hispartyfromitslibertarianpreferenceforsmallgovernment.
- Change does notmeanthat we mustdumpourfriends,shiftourtestedrelationshipsor unmoorourentireidentities.
- Alinguisticmistakecan betellingbecause it unmoors us from thesubjectabout which we'retryingto write.
- Every now and then something comes along which is sobonkersand sounhingedthat it unmoors itself from allculturalanchoringpoints.
Cutting off and disconnecting
- amputate
- amputation
- amputee
- Brexit
- castration
- chop
- chopsomethingoff
- crop
- cut back
- disconnect
- disconnected
- disconnection
- dismember
- dismemberment
- dock
- lopsomethingoff
- nonconnection
- post-amputation
- sawsomethingoff
- sever