moat

US [moʊt]
UK [məʊt]
  • n.护城河
  • v.挖壕围绕
  • Web壕沟；城壕；深沟
Plural Form：moats  

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moat
n.
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

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AllAll,护城河护城河,挖壕围绕挖壕围绕,壕沟壕沟,城壕城壕,深沟深沟
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1.
Once the elderly exercises left, the only sounds on the Forbidden City moat were the scratches of my skates cutting into the ice.
做运动的老太公老太婆一离开后﹐紫禁城护城河上人声俱寂﹐唯一停到的是我冰刀刮冰的声音。
zuò yùn dòng de lǎo tài gōng lǎo tài pó yī lí kāi hòu ﹐ zǐ jìn chéng hù chéng hé shàng rén shēng jù jì ﹐ wéi yī tíng dào de shì wǒ bīng dāo guā bīng de shēng yīn 。
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2.
But Violet drifted alone among the lilies, dreaming of the daring duck who would take her to live in the moat of a castle.
小紫却在荷叶间姗姗游过，梦想着可以带她生活在城堡护城河里的亲爱的另一半。
xiǎo zǐ què zài hé yè jiān shān shān yóu guò , mèng xiǎng zhe kě yǐ dài tā shēng huó zài chéng bǎo hù chéng hé lǐ de qīn ài de lìng yí bàn 。
youyou060515.blog.163.com
3.
We learned from the disaster at AIG that you can't build a moat around the big banks and call it a day.
从美国国际集团（AIG）的灾难中我们学到的教训是，你不能在大银行周围建条护城河后就以为万事大吉了。
cóng měi guó guó jì jí tuán ( AIG ) de zāi nàn zhōng wǒ men xué dào de jiào xun shì , nǐ bù néng zài dà yín háng zhōu wéi jiàn tiáo hù chéng hé hòu jiù yǐ wéi wàn shì dà jí le 。
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4.
The body will go down and disappear under the water, and the murderers will then go down the pipe themselves, and swim across the moat. '
尸体掉下去，消失在水下，然后杀人犯们也会顺着排水管下来，再游泳穿过护城河。
shī tǐ diào xià qù , xiāo shī zài shuǐ xià , rán hòu shā rén fàn men yě huì shùn zhe pái shuǐ guǎn xià lái , zài yóu yǒng chuān guò hù chéng hé 。
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5.
as i walked across the short stone bridge over the narrow moat and headed towards the entrance , it struck me that i had been there before.
再访同乐园我踏上跨过那窄窄河道上的短石桥，朝门口走过去，一种似曾相识的感觉瞬间袭来。
zài fǎng tóng lè yuán wǒ tà shàng kuà guò nà zhǎi zhǎi hé dào shàng de duǎn shí qiáo , cháo mén kǒu zǒu guò qù , yī zhǒng sì céng xiāng shí de gǎn jué shùn jiān xí lái 。
www.ichacha.net
6.
It's the classic blueprint of a medieval castle, its thick outer walls separated from the inner structure by a moat dug out of the rock.
这是一座典型的中世纪城堡，一条由岩石槽出的护城河把它厚实的外墙和内部建筑从结构上分开。
zhè shì yī zuò diǎn xíng de zhōng shì jì chéng bǎo , yī tiáo yóu yán shí cáo chū de hù chéng hé bǎ tā hòu shí de wài qiáng hé nèi bù jiàn zhù cóng jié gòu shàng fēn kāi 。
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7.
Nonetheless, one of Richard's bossy slogans resonates: "You want to get to the castle, Groceries, you've got to swim the moat. "
然而，其中一个里查德的指示性言辞引起了共鸣：“杂货铺，你想要到达城堡，就得游过这护城河。”
rán ér , qí zhōng yī gè lǐ chá dé de zhǐ shì xìng yán cí yǐn qǐ le gòng míng : " zá huò pù , nǐ xiǎng yào dào dá chéng bǎo , jiù de yóu guò zhè hù chéng hé 。 "
article.yeeyan.org
8.
However, the reality is always with the desire to maintain an ideal distance, and often insurmountable, and even natural moat gap.
可是，现实总是与理想愿望保持着距离，而且往往是不可跨越的，甚至是天堑鸿沟。
kě shì , xiàn shí zǒng shì yǔ lǐ xiǎng yuàn wàng bǎo chí zhe jù lí , ér qiě wǎng wǎng shì bù kě kuà yuè de , shèn zhì shì tiān qiàn hóng gōu 。
enwaimao.cn
9.
There used to be many fishes swimming freely in it. But now none exists. Dirty water from the paper factory pours into the moat directly.
以前曾经在水里自由自在地游来游去的鱼儿都不见了，脏水直接从造纸厂倒人护城河。
yǐ qián céng jīng zài shuǐ lǐ zì yóu zì zài de yóu lái yóu qù de yú ér dōu bú jiàn le , zāng shuǐ zhí jiē cóng zào zhǐ chǎng dào rén hù chéng hé 。
zuowen.chazidian.com
10.
The weight of a deltaic pile of sediment may be so great as to depress the earth's crust, thus forming a moat around the depocentre.
三角洲沉积物堆积的重量可以大到使地壳下沉的程度，因此在沉积中心周围形成一条深沟。
sān jiǎo zhōu chén jī wù duī jī de zhòng liàng kě yǐ dà dào shǐ dì qiào xià chén de chéng dù , yīn cǐ zài chén jī zhōng xīn zhōu wéi xíng chéng yī tiáo shēn gōu 。
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