moat
moat 英 [məʊt] 美 [moʊt]
n. 护城河；壕沟 vt. 将...围以壕沟
名词复数:moats
- Not many houses these days have a moat — it's a trench dug outside a castle and is usually full of water. A moat means "Keep out!"
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- n. 护城河；壕沟
- vt. 将...围以壕沟
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1. 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，在媒体业，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。
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2. 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。
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3. It's a shame our particular moat, the ashram of Pray, is so exhausting, because in the Love section Bardem proves himself a worthy castle.
很遗憾，我们急缺实际的护城河，祈祷的场所，因为在爱这部分里，巴登证明了自己就是一座有价值的城堡。
- moat (n.) mid-14c., from Old French mote "mound, hillock, embankment; castle built on a hill" (12c.; Modern French motte), from Medieval Latin mota "mound, fortified height," of unknown origin, perhaps from Gaulish mutt, mutta. Sense shifted in Norman French from the castle mound to the ditch dug around it. As a verb, "to surround with a moat," early 15c.
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