Definition of moat in English:

moat

noun məʊtmoʊt

A deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defence against attack.
护城河，城壕；壕沟，壕堑
Example sentencesExamples
- It had a drawbridge that was not over a moat filled with water, but a chasm that seemed to go to the center of the Earth.
- It refers to the competitive advantage that a company has over other firms in its industry; the wider the moat, the more attractive the company.
- There the flowers are surrounded by thick tissue and, in some cases, even a protective moat filled with rainwater or the plants' own secretions.
- This would connect the castle to a roadway usually across a moat or ditch.
- She crept up to the base and was not surprised to find the place surrounded by a wide and probably deep moat.
- Archers were posted on the walls of the castle, easily able to pick off any enemies that wanted to try their luck at crossing the wide moat.
- He cried in a voice that reverberated off the castle walls and sent the water in the moat into a series of ripples.
- A moat of icy water separates them from civilisation.
- Their models are forts and castles, moats and drawbridges.
- The moat was drained of water with only moss growing at the bottom and the outside walls crawling with thorny vines.
- They crushed each other as they swarmed across the moats and ditches between them and the packages.
- The large pond not only provided fresh fish for the city markets but also helped keep the moat around the walls filled with water.
- The moats have since filled in, but the interferometric radar is so subtle that it detects the change in the height of the former banks.
- I thought of water, like a moat, but that was not possible.
- Its present appearance, a picturesque ruin surrounded by a wide moat full of water lilies, masks its serious military purpose.
- Think of a castle with a deep moat and a dozen cannon on the turrets.
- Around the building was a deep moat with crystal sparkling water.
- For media owners around the globe, China must seem like a golden castle, surrounded by a deep moat full of crocodiles.
- The products or services that have wide, sustainable moats around them are the ones that deliver rewards to investors.
- Besides a moat filled with rain water by way of the castle aqueducts, there were two walls, the lower outer and the higher inner.

verb məʊtmoʊt

[with object]often as adjective moated

Surround (a place) with a moat.
筑城壕（或壕沟）围绕
a moated castle
有护城河的城堡。
Example sentencesExamples
- Also includes the site of the moated palace of King Edwin and Queen Ethelburga.
- The scheme includes restoration of hedges around a moated field south of the village which is thought to be the site of the home of the Skipwith family in the late 14th century.
- He wondered if that moat would have the same effect on him as spring water or rain water would.
- They were more ambivalent about Montesquieu - a magistrate in the parlement of Bordeaux, a feudal lord living in a moated castle, and an apologist for noble power.
- In August 1552 the young Tsar led a Russian army, perhaps 150,000 strong, to besiege Kazan, a walled and moated town set on a hill.
- Eltham Palace was originally a moated medieval royal palace that degenerated into a ruin over the years.
- A moated palace was built at Eltham which became a favourite home of Plantagenet monarchs during the 14th and 15th centuries.
- An opportunity to try out grand family living in a moated farmhouse
- It took many years to restore this fine, moated 17th century château and its cellars.
- The oldest surviving parts of Smithills Hall were built in the 14th century on a moated site, owned by the Radclyffe family.
- He's probably spent his life languishing in this moated monstrosity.
- Thornham Hall was a perfect Tudor red brick moated hall with a classic straight and gated drive through the Park.
- They are set in the middle of a moated mound which encloses a large area - once kitchen gardens.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French mote 'mound'.

Rhymes

afloat, bloat, boat, capote, coat, connote, cote, dote, emote, float, gloat, goat, groat, misquote, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, rote, shoat, smote, stoat, Succoth, table d'hôte, Terre Haute, throat, tote, vote, wrote

Definition of moat in US English:

moat

nounmōtmoʊt

A deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack.
护城河，城壕；壕沟，壕堑
Example sentencesExamples
- They crushed each other as they swarmed across the moats and ditches between them and the packages.
- For media owners around the globe, China must seem like a golden castle, surrounded by a deep moat full of crocodiles.
- He cried in a voice that reverberated off the castle walls and sent the water in the moat into a series of ripples.
- It had a drawbridge that was not over a moat filled with water, but a chasm that seemed to go to the center of the Earth.
- The moats have since filled in, but the interferometric radar is so subtle that it detects the change in the height of the former banks.
- The large pond not only provided fresh fish for the city markets but also helped keep the moat around the walls filled with water.
- It refers to the competitive advantage that a company has over other firms in its industry; the wider the moat, the more attractive the company.
- Their models are forts and castles, moats and drawbridges.
- Around the building was a deep moat with crystal sparkling water.
- Think of a castle with a deep moat and a dozen cannon on the turrets.
- There the flowers are surrounded by thick tissue and, in some cases, even a protective moat filled with rainwater or the plants' own secretions.
- A moat of icy water separates them from civilisation.
- She crept up to the base and was not surprised to find the place surrounded by a wide and probably deep moat.
- Archers were posted on the walls of the castle, easily able to pick off any enemies that wanted to try their luck at crossing the wide moat.
- I thought of water, like a moat, but that was not possible.
- Besides a moat filled with rain water by way of the castle aqueducts, there were two walls, the lower outer and the higher inner.
- The moat was drained of water with only moss growing at the bottom and the outside walls crawling with thorny vines.
- The products or services that have wide, sustainable moats around them are the ones that deliver rewards to investors.
- Its present appearance, a picturesque ruin surrounded by a wide moat full of water lilies, masks its serious military purpose.
- This would connect the castle to a roadway usually across a moat or ditch.

verbmōtmoʊt

[with object]often as adjective moated

Surround (a place) with a moat.
筑城壕（或壕沟）围绕
a moated castle
有护城河的城堡。
Example sentencesExamples
- Eltham Palace was originally a moated medieval royal palace that degenerated into a ruin over the years.
- Thornham Hall was a perfect Tudor red brick moated hall with a classic straight and gated drive through the Park.
- The oldest surviving parts of Smithills Hall were built in the 14th century on a moated site, owned by the Radclyffe family.
- They are set in the middle of a moated mound which encloses a large area - once kitchen gardens.
- An opportunity to try out grand family living in a moated farmhouse
- In August 1552 the young Tsar led a Russian army, perhaps 150,000 strong, to besiege Kazan, a walled and moated town set on a hill.
- The scheme includes restoration of hedges around a moated field south of the village which is thought to be the site of the home of the Skipwith family in the late 14th century.
- It took many years to restore this fine, moated 17th century château and its cellars.
- He wondered if that moat would have the same effect on him as spring water or rain water would.
- They were more ambivalent about Montesquieu - a magistrate in the parlement of Bordeaux, a feudal lord living in a moated castle, and an apologist for noble power.
- He's probably spent his life languishing in this moated monstrosity.
- A moated palace was built at Eltham which became a favourite home of Plantagenet monarchs during the 14th and 15th centuries.
- Also includes the site of the moated palace of King Edwin and Queen Ethelburga.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French mote ‘mound’.

词汇	moat
释义	Definition of moat in English: moat noun məʊtmoʊt A deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defence against attack. 护城河，城壕；壕沟，壕堑 Example sentencesExamples It had a drawbridge that was not over a moat filled with water, but a chasm that seemed to go to the center of the Earth. It refers to the competitive advantage that a company has over other firms in its industry; the wider the moat, the more attractive the company. There the flowers are surrounded by thick tissue and, in some cases, even a protective moat filled with rainwater or the plants' own secretions. This would connect the castle to a roadway usually across a moat or ditch. She crept up to the base and was not surprised to find the place surrounded by a wide and probably deep moat. Archers were posted on the walls of the castle, easily able to pick off any enemies that wanted to try their luck at crossing the wide moat. He cried in a voice that reverberated off the castle walls and sent the water in the moat into a series of ripples. A moat of icy water separates them from civilisation. Their models are forts and castles, moats and drawbridges. The moat was drained of water with only moss growing at the bottom and the outside walls crawling with thorny vines. They crushed each other as they swarmed across the moats and ditches between them and the packages. The large pond not only provided fresh fish for the city markets but also helped keep the moat around the walls filled with water. The moats have since filled in, but the interferometric radar is so subtle that it detects the change in the height of the former banks. I thought of water, like a moat, but that was not possible. Its present appearance, a picturesque ruin surrounded by a wide moat full of water lilies, masks its serious military purpose. Think of a castle with a deep moat and a dozen cannon on the turrets. Around the building was a deep moat with crystal sparkling water. For media owners around the globe, China must seem like a golden castle, surrounded by a deep moat full of crocodiles. The products or services that have wide, sustainable moats around them are the ones that deliver rewards to investors. Besides a moat filled with rain water by way of the castle aqueducts, there were two walls, the lower outer and the higher inner. verb məʊtmoʊt [with object]often as adjective moated Surround (a place) with a moat. 筑城壕（或壕沟）围绕 a moated castle 有护城河的城堡。 Example sentencesExamples Also includes the site of the moated palace of King Edwin and Queen Ethelburga. The scheme includes restoration of hedges around a moated field south of the village which is thought to be the site of the home of the Skipwith family in the late 14th century. He wondered if that moat would have the same effect on him as spring water or rain water would. They were more ambivalent about Montesquieu - a magistrate in the parlement of Bordeaux, a feudal lord living in a moated castle, and an apologist for noble power. In August 1552 the young Tsar led a Russian army, perhaps 150,000 strong, to besiege Kazan, a walled and moated town set on a hill. Eltham Palace was originally a moated medieval royal palace that degenerated into a ruin over the years. A moated palace was built at Eltham which became a favourite home of Plantagenet monarchs during the 14th and 15th centuries. An opportunity to try out grand family living in a moated farmhouse It took many years to restore this fine, moated 17th century château and its cellars. The oldest surviving parts of Smithills Hall were built in the 14th century on a moated site, owned by the Radclyffe family. He's probably spent his life languishing in this moated monstrosity. Thornham Hall was a perfect Tudor red brick moated hall with a classic straight and gated drive through the Park. They are set in the middle of a moated mound which encloses a large area - once kitchen gardens. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French mote 'mound'. Rhymes afloat, bloat, boat, capote, coat, connote, cote, dote, emote, float, gloat, goat, groat, misquote, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, rote, shoat, smote, stoat, Succoth, table d'hôte, Terre Haute, throat, tote, vote, wrote Definition of moat in US English: moat nounmōtmoʊt A deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack. 护城河，城壕；壕沟，壕堑 Example sentencesExamples They crushed each other as they swarmed across the moats and ditches between them and the packages. For media owners around the globe, China must seem like a golden castle, surrounded by a deep moat full of crocodiles. He cried in a voice that reverberated off the castle walls and sent the water in the moat into a series of ripples. It had a drawbridge that was not over a moat filled with water, but a chasm that seemed to go to the center of the Earth. The moats have since filled in, but the interferometric radar is so subtle that it detects the change in the height of the former banks. The large pond not only provided fresh fish for the city markets but also helped keep the moat around the walls filled with water. It refers to the competitive advantage that a company has over other firms in its industry; the wider the moat, the more attractive the company. Their models are forts and castles, moats and drawbridges. Around the building was a deep moat with crystal sparkling water. Think of a castle with a deep moat and a dozen cannon on the turrets. There the flowers are surrounded by thick tissue and, in some cases, even a protective moat filled with rainwater or the plants' own secretions. A moat of icy water separates them from civilisation. She crept up to the base and was not surprised to find the place surrounded by a wide and probably deep moat. Archers were posted on the walls of the castle, easily able to pick off any enemies that wanted to try their luck at crossing the wide moat. I thought of water, like a moat, but that was not possible. Besides a moat filled with rain water by way of the castle aqueducts, there were two walls, the lower outer and the higher inner. The moat was drained of water with only moss growing at the bottom and the outside walls crawling with thorny vines. The products or services that have wide, sustainable moats around them are the ones that deliver rewards to investors. Its present appearance, a picturesque ruin surrounded by a wide moat full of water lilies, masks its serious military purpose. This would connect the castle to a roadway usually across a moat or ditch. verbmōtmoʊt [with object]often as adjective moated Surround (a place) with a moat. 筑城壕（或壕沟）围绕 a moated castle 有护城河的城堡。 Example sentencesExamples Eltham Palace was originally a moated medieval royal palace that degenerated into a ruin over the years. Thornham Hall was a perfect Tudor red brick moated hall with a classic straight and gated drive through the Park. The oldest surviving parts of Smithills Hall were built in the 14th century on a moated site, owned by the Radclyffe family. They are set in the middle of a moated mound which encloses a large area - once kitchen gardens. An opportunity to try out grand family living in a moated farmhouse In August 1552 the young Tsar led a Russian army, perhaps 150,000 strong, to besiege Kazan, a walled and moated town set on a hill. The scheme includes restoration of hedges around a moated field south of the village which is thought to be the site of the home of the Skipwith family in the late 14th century. It took many years to restore this fine, moated 17th century château and its cellars. He wondered if that moat would have the same effect on him as spring water or rain water would. They were more ambivalent about Montesquieu - a magistrate in the parlement of Bordeaux, a feudal lord living in a moated castle, and an apologist for noble power. He's probably spent his life languishing in this moated monstrosity. A moated palace was built at Eltham which became a favourite home of Plantagenet monarchs during the 14th and 15th centuries. Also includes the site of the moated palace of King Edwin and Queen Ethelburga. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French mote ‘mound’.
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