foss
foss — 名詞
1. a narrow trench, often around a wall or across land, that serves as a moat or di
壕溝；護城壕
圍牆外或田間的溝渠
a narrow trench, often around a wall or across land, that serves as a moat or ditch.
Workers cleared weeds from the old foss around the stone gate before sunset.
工人在日落前清掉石門外那條老壕溝裡的雜草。
clear the foss around + structure
After heavy rain, water filled the foss beside the ruined tower.
大雨過後，毀壞塔樓旁的壕溝積滿了水。
water filled the foss
The guide pointed to the dry foss that once protected the hill fort.
導覽員指著那條乾掉的護城壕，說它以前保護這座山丘堡壘。
Children jumped over the shallow foss at the edge of the field.
孩子們跳過田邊那條淺淺的壕溝。
文法句型
a foss around + wall/tower
water fills the foss
cross / clear / dig a foss
用法筆記
Mostly found in historical, regional, or archaeological writing. Modern everyday English usually prefers moat when the trench protects a fortification and ditch for an ordinary field channel or boundary cut.