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

• Is there water in that moat?
  护城河里有水吗？
• 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。
• The Moat House stood not far from the rough forest road.
  莫特堡在距高低不平的森林大路没有多远的地方矗立着。
• 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。
• The medieval town was fortified with a high wall and a deep moat.
  这座中世纪的城市周围建有城墙和护城河。
• Exactly how do you propose we cross that flaming moat of certain death?
  我们该怎么越过这燃烧的护城河呢？
• Beijing is one of the driest big cities on earth and apart from a couple of artificial lakes and the moat around the Forbidden City it is hard to see where any mist could come from.
  北京是地球上最干燥的大城市之一，除了几个人工湖和环绕紫禁城的护城河，很难想到哪里还能产生雾气。
• 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。
• 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。
• A fire on the city gate brings disaster to the fish in the moat.
  城门失火，殃及池鱼。