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moat

英 /məʊt/美 /moʊt/
  • n.
    护城河；壕沟
  • vt.
    将……围以壕沟
复数moats
第三人称单数moats
现在分词moating
过去式moated
过去分词moated
GRE

双语例句

  1. You want to get to the castle, Groceries, you've got to swim the moat.
    杂货铺，你想要到达城堡，就得游过这护城河。
  2. Certainly no one in the media would deny the attraction of living behind a deep moat, even if it is filled with sharks.
    当然，媒体中没有人会否认围在深深的护城河里面过日子的吸引力，即使那河里满是鲨鱼在游来游去。
  3. The bridge lies like a trench in the fortress of the moat, which is shaped to blend in with the outlines of the landscape.
    这座桥就像是坐落在护城河中的一条沟渠，这种造型是为了使它与周围的风景融合在一起。

网络短语

  • economic moat
    护城河
  • the Moat
    护城河
  • etch moat
    腐蚀槽
  • natural moat
    天堑
  • Raoul Moat
    杀手莫特

同义词

n.
fosse
[建]护城河；壕沟

词义分布

护城河
76.7%
壕沟
14.4%
城壕
6.7%
壕
2.2%

英英释义

  • n.ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water

词源

  • moat护城河
    来自古法语mote,城墙，护堤，来自拉丁语mota,城墙，小山，山上城堡，来自Proto-Germanic*muto,泥土，污泥，来自PIE*smut,污泥的，脏的，词源同smut,mud.后词义由城墙过渡到护城河。