fortress
英 ['fɔːtrɪs]
美['fɔrtrəs]
- n. 堡垒；要塞
- vt. 筑要塞；以要塞防守
词态变化
复数: fortresses;
中文词源
fortress 城堡，堡垒
来自fort, 坚固，坚强，堡垒。-ess, 名词后缀，词源同duress, largess,noblesse.
英文词源
- fortress
- fortress: see fort
- fortress (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French forteresse, forterece "strong place, fortification" (12c.), variant of fortelesse, from Medieval Latin fortalitia, from Latin fortis "strong" (see fort) + -itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality or condition. French -ess from Latin -itia also is in duress, largesse, riches. For change of medial -l- to -r- in Old French, compare orne "elm" from Latin ulmus; chartre from cartula; chapitre from capitulum.
双语例句
- 1. The fortress was proof against the techniques of attack then in use.
- 该防御工事能抵御当时所使用的各种进攻手段。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The low sun lit the fortress walls with yellow light.
- 低悬的太阳将黄灿灿的阳光泻在堡垒的墙壁上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. a fortress town enclosed by four miles of ramparts
- 由四英里长的城墙围着的设防城镇
来自《权威词典》
- 4. The easiest way to capture a fortress is from within.
- 堡垒是最容易从内部攻破的.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. A valiant assault force does not fear a strong fortress.
- 攻坚不怕堡垒硬.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》