moat

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  • n.
    壕沟,护城河
  • v.
    挖壕围绕

单词词源

moat 护城河

来自古法语mote,城墙,护堤,来自拉丁语mota,城墙,小山,山上城堡,来自Proto-Germanic*muto,泥土,污泥,来自PIE*smut,污泥的,脏的,词源同smut,mud.后词义由城墙过渡到护城河。

双语例句

1. First , mr slim benefits from what mr buffett calls a wide moat .
首先,斯利姆得益于巴菲特口中的“宽阔护城河”。
2. Politicians had never been held high in public esteem but billing taxpayers for the cost of cleaning out the moat at the family estate was a claim too far .
虽说政客从来都没有受到公众很高的尊重,可是就连清理自家房产的壕沟都要让纳税人埋单,这也实在太过分了。
3. That moat of mercury also presents another reason why archaeologists are loath to explore the tomb just yet - doing so would likely be very dangerous , according to soil samples around the tomb , which indicate extremely high levels of mercury contamination .
水银深壕也是考古学家们迟迟不愿探墓的另一个原因,就是这么做好像实在太危险,根据陵墓周围的土壤样本,显示了那里的汞污染程度相当高。
4. It 's a rooftop bar at the boutique emperor hotel that opened a few months ago just outside the east gate of the forbidden city , a stone 's throw from the moat .
这是一个坐落在天台上的精品皇家饭店,几个月以前刚刚开张,就位于紫禁城的东门外,只有把一块石头丢过护城河的距离。
5. Microsoft attempted to dig its own moat by simply shutting out its competitors , until it was stopped by the courts .
微软曾试图仅仅通过将竞争者排除在外的方式挖掘自己的护城河,但此举遭到法院的制止。

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