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

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.

noun

Energetic, young and heart have been unruly, natural moat change thoroughfare!
血气方刚，风华正茂，心已不羁，天堑变通途！
In my view, an IT Strategy should always align with the Business Strategy to widen the economic moat.
在我看来，一个IT战略应始终保持一致，与经营策略，以扩大经济护城河。
Boys in the boat bought buoys in the moat.
船里的男孩买了护城河里的浮筒。
The partnership's moat will go when the surgeon goes.
这家合伙企业的护城河将会随着名医的离去而消失。
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？
I didn't expect that, after so many years, the moat is still kept so good here.
真是没想到过了这么多年，这护城河还保存着呢。
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。
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。
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 Polluted Moat The moat around our city has been seriously polluted recently.
我们城市周围的护城河最近被严重污染了。