moat

英 [məʊt]

美 [moʊt]

n.  护城河

复数：moats　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12272 / COCA.16816

牛津词典

noun

• 护城河
  a deep wide channel that was dug around a castle, etc. and filled with water to make it more difficult for enemies to attack

柯林斯词典

• 护城河;城壕
  Amoatis a deep, wide channel dug round a place such as a castle and filled with water, in order to protect the place from attack.

英英释义

noun

• ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
  Synonym:fosse

双语例句

• You wanna get to the castle, you got to swim the moat.
  要进入城堡，你得先游过护城河。
• The partnership's moat will go when the surgeon goes.
  这家合伙企业的护城河将会随着名医的离去而消失。
• I thought it less like a lake and more like a moat.
  我觉得这海洋不象湖泊，却更象困住我们的围城河。
• If you were a castle, I'd be your moat.
  如果你是城堡，我就是你的护城河。
• Don't just use a moat, use a moat and a wall.
  不要仅使用护城河，而要同时使用护城河和城墙。
• Most movies handle this by showing the silent warriors leaping across the moat in a single flip or running across the water.
  电影中，通常是这些安静的武士们一个空翻就过了护城河或者直接踏水而过。
• Witnesses said they believed that he had slipped, but zoo officials said he had jumped into the moat, which is about 18 feet deep.
  目击者表示，他们认为他是滑倒掉进了大约18英尺深的壕沟，但动物园的官员却说他是跳进去的。
• The appearance, composition and structure of community at Riverside greens including Zixia lake, Qianhu lake, the city moat and Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing were investigated by community method.
  应用群落生态学方法，对南京紫霞湖、前湖、护城河与玄武湖滨河绿地植物群落的外貌、组成与结构等进行了调查。
• Even on a clear day our national moat hampers communications.
  即便在晴朗的日子，围绕我们国家的深壑也阻碍着交流。
• In the sunniest spot stood an old mansion surrounded by a deep moat.
  在阳光最充足的地方矗立着一栋老旧的大宅邸。