moat

noun

1. 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

1. 护城河;城壕
   A moat is a deep, wide channel dug round a place such as a castle and filled with water, in order to protect the place from attack.

1. A fire on the city gate brings disaster to the fish in the moat.
   城门失火，殃及池鱼。
2. Don't just use a moat, use a moat and a wall.
   不要仅使用护城河，而要同时使用护城河和城墙。
3. 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。
4. Moat: To be sure, Uber is in a highly-competitive market.
   护城河：当然，Uber处于一个高度竞争的市场。
5. 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。
6. 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？
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. Such a pattern of roads was very unsuitable for a modern capital and a modern economy, as the moat and wall of the Forbidden City remain intact and parts of the wall of the Imperial City still stand.
   由于故宫的护城河和城墙被完整保存下来，皇城城墙的一部分也依然存在，这样的道路形式对于一个现代的首都和现代经济是非常不适宜的。
10. 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。
11. Study on planning and design of historical area in two banks of moat
    护城河两岸历史地段的规划设计研究
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. The castle was girded with a moat.
    那座城堡有壕沟围绕著。
15. If you were a castle, I'd be your moat.
    如果你是城堡，我就是你的护城河。
16. The horses remained together for moat of the race, until a leader at last came to the front.
    赛马在大部分赛程中都跑在一起，直到最后才有一匹马跑到了前面。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. The draining of urban water mainly depended on pipelines to discharge rainwater and domestic waste water into the moat outside a city.
    城市的排水主要依靠管道将城中的雨水和生活废水排往城外的护城河中。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. She said," all that's missing is a moat. "
    她说，“这只缺一条护城河了”
23. 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。
24. Boys in the boat bought buoys in the moat.
    船里的男孩买了护城河里的浮筒。
25. 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！
26. Is there water in that moat?
    护城河里有水吗？
27. The appearance, composition and structure of community at Riverside greens including Zixia lake, Qianhu lake, the city moat and Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing were investigated by community method.
    应用群落生态学方法，对南京紫霞湖、前湖、护城河与玄武湖滨河绿地植物群落的外貌、组成与结构等进行了调查。
28. 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。
29. 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。

noun

1. ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water

   Synonym:    fosse