moorings [
'mʊrɪŋz]
n. 停泊处, 系船处
- The USS Narwhal, a nuclear attack submarine that was tied up at the Charleston Navy shipyard, broke loose from its moorings, said a Pentagon spokesman, Lt.
- But at least 61 barges were torn from their moorings, 37 of them at the Maxwell Dam 60 miles upstream from Pittsburgh.
- Swinging moorings on a buoy in the harbour or estuary are cheaper than renting a berth in a marina; but for such a lovely spot as the Beaulieu river in Hampshire, they are still pricy, with an annual charge of Pounds 42 a foot plus VAT.
- Four mines have been discovered in the northern Persian Gulf recently, and U.S. naval officers say shipping will be endangered if rough winter weather rips more mines from their moorings.
- Many of its practitioners are adrift, cut off from intellectual, ideological, religious or ethical moorings.
- Researchers saw crisp images of portholes burst by the force of the water and electronic equipment torn from its moorings.
- Nine tugboats worked to refloat the Exxon Houston, which broke free of its moorings and apparently drifted onto a reef during rough seas Thursday evening, Nelson said.
- Spangler said it wasn't clear whether the crude leaked when the tanker broke loose from its moorings in 12-to-14-foot seas, or whether it spilled through holes in the hull.
- Hurricane-force winds wreaked havoc across northern California today, overturning trucks, toppling trees onto homes, tearing boats from their moorings and cutting power to more than 300,000 customers.
- The Coast Guard said unexpected rough weather drove the barge, a dredge called Northerly Island, from its moorings and was the cause of the accident.
- Sealink's nervousness and a series of delays by P and O before the strikebreaking ferries slipped their moorings showed that the union still has clout.
- They are also trying to determine the extent to which seats were ripped from their moorings and flung through the cars.
- The state's 2-year-old attempt to regulate boat moorings, the poor man's dock, on five large lakes also has failed to increase public access.
- The mines occasionally break loose from their underwater moorings and drift into shipping lanes.
- Two years ago it opened its barrage at the mouth of the river Tawe, creating a lake with excellent moorings and eliminating the mudflats problem.
- Huskies, in summer retirement, barked from their moorings in the surrounding woods and chortling children played by the river. We rejoined the Northern Ranger just before dark and at 10pm.
- Two barges broke loose from their moorings Sunday, prompting police to close a bridge over the Monongahela River to keep the runaway vessels from striking support piers.
- Robert Brandenburger, failed "to be fully cognizant of accurate sea berth water depth information." A mooring master is an independent local captain hired by vessel operators to guide large ships to offshore moorings.
- Thousands of people were stranded without power Friday on Hatteras Island after gale-force winds tore a dredge from its moorings and slammed it into the Bonner Bridge, toppling a 369-foot segment.
- In November 1981, the Transworld 58 platform was torn from its moorings and drifted for several hours in hurricane winds. Forty-four men were evacuated but another 20 remained trapped aboard the platform for several hours before being rescued.
- A new nationwide Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows that many former Bush voters have slipped their moorings and are now, in political terms, floating free.
- Winds clocked at more than 50 mph howled around San Francisco Bay waterfronts, and the Coast Guard was kept busy retrieving small boats torn from their moorings.
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