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单词 moat
释义 moat
I. \ˈmōt, usu -ōd.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English mot, mote, probably from Middle French motte hill, bank, mound, from Old French mote
1. : a deep and wide trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place that is usually filled with water — see castle illustration
2.
 a. : an artificial channel resembling a moat (as for confinement of animals in a zoo or for landscaping)
 b. : a natural feature resembling a moat (as at the margin of a receding glacier, around the inner cone of a volcano, or on the sea floor at the base of a seamount or beside a coral reef)
[moat 1]
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English moten, from mote, n.
: to surround with or as if with a moat
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