moat 音标拼音: [m'ot]
n . 壕沟,护城河
vt . 将…围以壕沟
壕沟,护城河将…围以壕沟
moat n 1 :
ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water [
synonym : {
moat }, {
fosse }]
Moat \
Moat \,
n . [
OF .
mote hill ,
dike ,
bank ,
F .
motte clod ,
turf :
cf .
Sp . &
Pg .
mota bank or mound of earth ,
It .
motta clod ,
LL .
mota ,
motta ,
a hill on which a fort is built ,
an eminence ,
a dike ,
Prov .
G .
mott bog earth heaped up ;
or perh .
F .
motte ,
and OF .
mote ,
are from a LL .
p .
p .
of L .
movere to move (
see {
Move }).
The name of moat ,
properly meaning ,
bank or mound ,
was transferred to the ditch adjoining :
cf .
F .
dike and ditch .] (
Fort .)
A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place ,
sometimes filled with water ;
a ditch .
[
1913 Webster ]
Moat \
Moat \,
v .
t .
To surround with a moat . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
Ditch \
Ditch \ (?;
224 ),
n .;
pl . {
Ditches }. [
OE .
dich ,
orig .
the same word as dik .
See {
Dike }.]
1 .
A trench made in the earth by digging ,
particularly a trench for draining wet land ,
for guarding or fencing inclosures ,
or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress .
In the latter sense ,
it is called also a {
moat }
or a {
fosse }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Any long ,
narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth .
[
1913 Webster ]
149 Moby Thesaurus words for "
moat ":
abri ,
abysm ,
abyss ,
approach trench ,
aqueduct ,
arch dam ,
arroyo ,
backstop ,
bamboo curtain ,
bank ,
bar ,
barrage ,
barrier ,
bear -
trap dam ,
beaver dam ,
boom ,
box canyon ,
breach ,
break ,
breakwater ,
breastwork ,
brick wall ,
buffer ,
bulkhead ,
bulwark ,
bunker ,
canal ,
canalization ,
canyon ,
cavity ,
channel ,
chap ,
chasm ,
check ,
chimney ,
chink ,
cleft ,
cleuch ,
clough ,
cofferdam ,
col ,
communication trench ,
coulee ,
couloir ,
countermine ,
coupure ,
crack ,
cranny ,
crevasse ,
crevice ,
crimp ,
cut ,
cwm ,
dam ,
defense ,
defile ,
dell ,
dike ,
ditch ,
donga ,
double sap ,
draw ,
dugout ,
earthwork ,
embankment ,
entrenchment ,
excavation ,
fault ,
fence ,
fire trench ,
fissure ,
flaw ,
flume ,
flying sap ,
fortified tunnel ,
fosse ,
foxhole ,
fracture ,
furrow ,
gallery ,
gap ,
gape ,
gash ,
gate ,
goffer ,
gorge ,
gravity dam ,
groin ,
groove ,
gulch ,
gulf ,
gully ,
gutter ,
ha -
ha ,
hole ,
hydraulic -
fill dam ,
incision ,
iron curtain ,
jam ,
jetty ,
joint ,
kennel ,
kloof ,
leak ,
leaping weir ,
levee ,
logjam ,
milldam ,
mine ,
mole ,
mound ,
notch ,
nullah ,
opening ,
parallel ,
parapet ,
pass ,
passage ,
pleat ,
portcullis ,
rampart ,
ravine ,
rent ,
rift ,
rime ,
roadblock ,
rock -
fill dam ,
rupture ,
sap ,
scissure ,
seam ,
seawall ,
shutter dam ,
slit ,
slit trench ,
slot ,
split ,
stone wall ,
sunk fence ,
trench ,
trough ,
tunnel ,
valley ,
void ,
wadi ,
wall ,
weir ,
wicket dam ,
work
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