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词汇 unmoored
释义 unmoored
adjective
uk /ʌnˈmɔːd/ us /ʌnˈmʊrd/

unmooredadjective (BOAT)


(of a boat) no longer tied in place: (船)解开缆绳的,起锚的
The unmoored boat was drifting off to sea.解开缆绳的小船正漂向大海。
Two unmoored boats were reported by the US Coast Guard.
The bobbing craft was unmoored and there was no sign of life aboard.
Empty wheelchairs were set adrift like unmoored, empty boats.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fastening and tying
be locked togetheridiom
belay
bind
board something up
bound
bowline
clamp
gag
granny knot
half hitch
harness
hobble
hogtie
square knot
stake
strap
strap someone in
strap something up
strop
tack

unmooredadjective (PERSON)


having little confidence and being uncertain about how you should feel or behave, or what you should do: 不自信的;不确定的;没有方向的
Paul is unmoored by his parents' divorce.保罗因为父母的离婚而迷失了自己。
Was he crazy or just temporarily unmoored by jealousy?他是疯了还是因为嫉妒而暂时没了头脑?
Her husband's death left Susan unmoored.
When he learns that his whole life is a kind of lab experiment, he feels betrayed and unmoored.
He was homeless, unmoored emotionally, and at odds with family and friends.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Confidence & self-assurance
amour propre
aplomb
assertive
assertively
assertiveness
dogmatism
dogmatist
empowered
feel certain
fierce
rest assured
safe
safety blanket
security blanket
self-assertion
timeline
to be sureidiom
too cool for schoolidiom
unbowed
unintimidated

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Doubt & ambivalence

Examples of unmoored


unmoored
An employee of the defendant unmoored the sloop, which was then driven upon the shore by the storm.
What do young people think about as they listen to sounds that are unmoored from their histories?
Sometimes the shackles came undone from the ship which became unmoored.
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The owner of the boat secured it firmly to its moorings, and ultimately some person unmoored the boat.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
At 5 pm she unmoored and moved down-river to anchor for the night, ready for an early start.
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The whole span could be unmoored and allowed to float downstream in times of ice or heavy weather, then restored to service.
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Everything is too surreal and unmoored.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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