1.【建】(城)壕;护城河
1.挖壕围绕
1.a deep wide hole, usually filled with water, that surrounds a castle as protection against attack; a hole like a moat used in a zoo for preventing animals from escaping
1.There is an inner and outer wall, moats, gates and it looks as if it's the largest fortress in the world.
城墙里套着城墙，有护城河，还有好几道城门，看上去好像是世界上最大的一个堡垒。
2.All of the exhibits are designed with barriers, moats, walls or fencing, quite often fencing that's difficult for visitors to see.
所有的展品都设计了栅栏、壕沟、墙壁或篱笆，不过不会使游客们难以看清展品。
3.He insists he does not understand such companies well enough and is not confident about their moats.
他坚称自己不太熟悉这类公司，不确信它们的“壕沟”是否够深。
4.They were hard at work, by the water's edge, building an elaborate sand castle with gates and towers and moats and internal passages.
他们玩得很起劲，在水边用沙子建起带大门、塔楼、护城河和内部通道的精美城堡。
5.Their home was made up of concentric islands separated by wide moats and linked by a canal that penetrated to the center.
他们的家园由同心岛屿构成，用宽阔的护城河隔开，并通过一条贯穿至中心的运河相互联系。
6.But one day, peach blossoms suddenly occupy all villages and river banks, willows control all the imperial moats and civil rivers.
然后，突然有一天，桃花把所有的山村水廓都攻陷了。柳树把皇室的御沟和民间的江头都控制了。
7.Think of the palaces of the feudal emperors over thousands of years, were they not powerful with their walls and moats?
你们看，几千年来，那些封建皇帝的城池宫殿还不坚固吗？
8.IN BRITAIN, politicians are being shamed for buying their chandeliers and cleaning their moats at the taxpayers' expense.
英国的政治家们正因花了纳税人的钱去买豪华吊灯、清理护城河而遭到批评。
9.Business history is filled with "Roman Candles, " companies whose moats proved illusory and were soon crossed.
商业史充满了“罗马蜡烛”，那些自我保护措施不足的公司会很快在竞争中败下阵来。
10.A woman takes a photograph of illuminated cherry blossoms in full bloom along the Chidorigafuchi moats in Tokyo, April 9, 2012.
2012.4.9.一位女子在东京的千鸟渊边拍摄被灯照亮的樱花盛开的景象