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moat
[ moht ]
noun
- a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, such as a town or a castle.
- any trench, such as one used for confining animals in a zoo.
- a competitive advantage a business has in its field:
The company's moat was reduced when the patent on the devices they sold expired.
moat
/ 尘蓹蕣迟 /
noun
- a wide water-filled ditch surrounding a fortified place, such as a castle
verb
- tr to surround with or as if with a moat
a moated grange
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of moat1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of moat1
Example Sentences
Inversely, if you鈥檝e got money to spend and find secret fireplaces a little too tacky, good news: How does a fire moat sound?
Kicking through a moat with a brass band on an in-the-round riser that vaulted him over the main stage field.
Parks and open spaces in Mandalay have turned into makeshift camps, as have the banks of the moat that runs around the palace.
In the centre of the town stand the handsome ruins of Rothesay Castle, surrounded by a moat.
Currently there is a large open space here, with an empty moat that is not original but was created in the 1960s.
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