| 单词 | moat |
| 释义 | moat noun[C] uk/məʊt/us/moʊt/along,wideholethat isdugall the way around aplacesuch as acastleand usuallyfilledwithwater, to make it moredifficulttoattack （城堡等的）护城河，城壕Fortifications
Examplesofmoatmoat The seven-metre-high wall that enclosed the dockyards was surrounded by a deep and widemoat. From theCambridge English Corpus Across the nation windowless inward-turning shopping malls are surrounded bymoat-like parking lots. From theCambridge English Corpus Each hut was surrounded by a water-filledmoatto exclude ants and spiders. From theCambridge English Corpus Initially, the outermoathad marked its boundaries. From theCambridge English Corpus With population pressure rising, some residents petitioned to fill-in the palacemoatand use that land for new construction. From theCambridge English Corpus Until the middle of the seventeenth century, the city magistrates' jurisdiction extended only over the area within the outermoat. From theCambridge English Corpus The structure has a large central uplift surrounded by amoatand a peripheral terrain with rotated fault blocks. From theCambridge English Corpus Is there a duty to drain themoat(shut off the current) in order to avoid excessive punishment? From theCambridge English Corpus Our house is our castle, but it no longer needs to be surrounded by wall andmoat. From theCambridge English Corpus A subtle modulation of paving, a fictivemoatand a cosmic dragon presiding over a water tank (for ritual cleansing) then announce the principal shrine. From theCambridge English Corpus The wall andmoatmanaged to prevent the theft of materials and tools, and the 'maestranza' from shirking their duties. From theCambridge English Corpus This is themoatuseful analogy for engineers, since it is capable of yielding fairly precise quantitative information and it can be applied to a wide variety of problems. From theCambridge English Corpus There must be no stagnantmoatencircling it, no unscaleable wall around it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am genuinely bewildered by the idea that it is safer to be in a trough or amoat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the site of a mediaeval manor house andmoat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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