係留
解説 Definition
mooring は moor（船を係留する）の現在分詞・動名詞から来た名詞で、「係留」や「係留場所・係留具」を意味します。船を岸やブイなどにつなぎ留める場面でよく使われます。
A mooring is a place, structure, or arrangement used to secure a boat or ship so that it remains in position. The word can also mean the act or process of fastening a vessel to a pier, buoy, anchor, or similar support.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
moor「船を係留する」に -ing を付け、動作を名詞化した語と捉える。moor は語末に e を足さず、そのまま mooring となり、発音の中心も原形と同じ /mʊr/ または /mɔːr/。safe mooring、mooring line、mooring buoy のように、船を定位置につなぐ場所・綱・設備と結び付けて覚える。
Connect mooring directly with the verb moor, “to secure a boat in one place.” Adding -ing creates a form that can name the action, but mooring is also a regular noun for the place or equipment that holds a vessel. No final letter is dropped: moor simply becomes mooring. Picture a boat tied by a mooring line to a mooring buoy for a safe overnight mooring. This separates it from anchoring, which specifically involves an anchor, and from docking, which normally places a vessel alongside a dock.
例文
The boat needs a safe mooring for the night.
その船には夜の間、安全な係留場所が必要です。
The captain checked the mooring before leaving the harbor.
船長は港を離れる前に係留状態を確認しました。
Strong winds damaged the mooring near the small pier.
強風で小さな桟橋の近くの係留設備が傷みました。
mooring の類義語・関連語
mooring の語源・成り立ち Etymology
moor（係留する）に接尾辞-ing（動作の名詞化）を組み合わせた語。語源は低地ドイツ語・オランダ語のmerenで、ゲルマン語の「海（mere）」と同源。同根語にmarine（海の）があり、海辺で船をロープでつなぎ止める行為がそのまま「係留」という意味に直結している。
Mooring is formed from the verb moor plus the noun-forming suffix -ing. Moor entered English from a Middle Low German or Middle Dutch nautical verb meaning “to fasten or secure a ship,” often compared with Dutch meren. Its deeper history is associated with Germanic maritime vocabulary. In modern English, the derived noun can refer to the securing action, the assigned location, or the ropes, chains, anchors, and related equipment used.
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