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单词 moat
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
moat /moʊt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, esp. one surrounding a fortified place.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
moat  (mōt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
  2. any similar trench, as one used for confining animals in a zoo.
  • Old French: clod, mound, of obscure origin, originally
  • Middle English mote 1325–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
moat /məʊt/ n
  1. a wide water-filled ditch surrounding a fortified place, such as a castle
 vb
  1. (transitive) to surround with or as if with a moat: a moated grange
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French motte mound
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