moat

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n. 壕沟, 护城河 vt. 将...围以壕沟

发音

UK /məʊt/
其它
US /moʊt/

词形变化

moats 复数 moats moating moats 三单 moating 现在分词 moated 过去式 moated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

    护城壕

    护城河

    城壕

    城河

  2. 2.

    A clear ring outside the eyewall of a tropical cyclone.

    气象
  3. 3.

    An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, because of the nature of its products, services or franchise or for some other reason.

    比喻 商务
  4. 4.

    A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.

  5. 5.

    A hill or mound.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To surround with a moat.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

fosse

上位词 1

trench

相关短语

economic moat Gaussian moat

词源

From Middle English mote, from Old French mote (“mound, embankment”); compared also to Old French motte (“hillock, lump, clod, turf”), from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mut- (“dark, dirty”). Cognate with Alemannic German Mott, Mutte (“peat, turf”), Bavarian Mott (“peat, turf”), dialectal Dutch mot (“dust, fine sand”), Saterland Frisian mut (“grit, litter, humus”), Swedish muta (“to drizzle”), Old English mot (“speck, particle”). More at mote, mud, smut. As term for a business strategy, popularized by American investor Warren Buffett.

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