护城河

The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape, covers an area of 72 hectares, with 52 meters wide moat and 10 meters high city wall surrounded, each corner of the city wall built a watch tower, which was heavily guarded in the old days.

故宫为长方形，面积为72公顷，52米宽的护城河和10米高的城墙环绕着，四个角各有一个角楼，在古代为重兵所把守。

Silent sky scattered with stars winked How many pieces, from the shore moat Grass Lane, from time to time came the crickets, cricket sounds.

寂静的天空上散落着几颗眨着眼睛的星星、从护城河岸边的芳草地里，不时传来蟋蟀的蛐蛐叫声。

We now locate the position is outside the Jing Zhou city east gate, infront of everybody this several dozens meter wide rivers are themoats, when going to war, it is resists the enemy to attack the citytogether the natural blockade, but now in this river bank, every yearcan hold the grand international dragon boat invitational tournament.

我们现在所处的位置是荆州城东门外，大家面前的这条几十米宽的河流就是护城河，在打仗之时，它是抵御敌人攻城的一道天然屏障，而如今在这条河上，每年都会举办隆重的国际龙舟邀请赛。

Circling it is a wide and repellent moat of horrors designed not so much to prevent entry as to thwart escape, a no-man's-land of snares and mazes to deter the seeker of bucolic ease.

环绕着它的是由一些可怕的东西形成的一条又宽又排外的&护城河&，不过它防人进入的意图，倒没有阻挠人离开那么强烈，那是一片遍布陷阱和迷津的无人区，阻挡着追寻田园牧歌式安逸生活的人们。

We all know that the city still moat there are four of the Shing Mun.

大家都知道城有护城河还有四个城门。

Four watchtowers are placed, one at each corner.

现在这个护城河都是水。

While Louis XIII and Louis XIV amputated much of these old walls, some 130 meters of moat and wall remains to represent and depict the old palace.

用于填平护城河的物品有近25万件，其中既有瓷器，也有动物骨头，还有金属头盔等。

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失