| 释义 | moat I. \ˈmōt, usu -ōd.+V\ noun
 (-s)
 Etymology: Middle English mot, mote, probably from Middle French motte hill, bank, mound, from Old French mote
 1.  : a deep and wide trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place that is usually filled with water — see castle illustration
 2.
 a.  : an artificial channel resembling a moat (as for confinement of animals in a zoo or for landscaping)
 b.  : a natural feature resembling a moat (as at the margin of a receding glacier, around the inner cone of a volcano, or on the sea floor at the base of a seamount or beside a coral reef)
 
  [moat 1] II. transitive verb
 (-ed/-ing/-s)
 Etymology: Middle English moten, from mote, n.
 : to surround with or as if with a moat
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