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moat

/moʊt/ 名词 B2

中文: 护城壕、护城河、城壕、城河

  1. A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
  2. A characteristic of a business that enhances its resilience against competitive pressures, arising from the inherent nature of its products, services, brand, or other structural advantages. (figuratively)
  3. A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
  4. A clear ring outside the eyewall of a tropical cyclone.

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Of the double moats which had guarded its more warlike predecessor, the outer had been allowed to dry up, and served the humble function of a kitchen garden.
《The Valley of Fear》,第22页 · C1
“You mean that someone waded across the moat?”
《The Valley of Fear》,第28页 · C1
“It’s all very well your saying that a man escaped by wading this moat, but what I ask you is, how did he ever get into the house at all if the bridge was up?”
《The Valley of Fear》,第29页 · C1
Then he could hope when the deed was done to slip quickly from the window, to wade the moat, and to get away at his leisure.
《The Valley of Fear》,第37页 · C1

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