moat
英 [məʊt]
美 [moʊt]
n. 护城河
复数：moats
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
双语例句
- The castle was girded with a moat.
那座城堡有壕沟围绕著。 - 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。 - 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。 - Its square shape and the water moat around it reflect the layout of the Forbidden City.
其方形与外立面的水幕设计反映了紫禁城的布局。 - Boys in the boat bought buoys in the moat.
船里的男孩买了护城河里的浮筒。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。