fortress
英 ['f??tr?s]
美['f?rtr?s]
- n. 堡壘；要塞
- vt. 筑要塞；以要塞防守
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詞態(tài)變化
復數:?fortresses;
中文詞源
fortress 城堡，堡壘
來自fort, 堅固，堅強，堡壘。-ess, 名詞后綴，詞源同duress, largess,noblesse.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The fortress was proof against the techniques of attack then in use.
- 該防御工事能抵御當時所使用的各種進攻手段。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The low sun lit the fortress walls with yellow light.
- 低懸的太陽將黃燦燦的陽光瀉在堡壘的墻壁上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a fortress town enclosed by four miles of ramparts
- 由四英里長的城墻圍著的設防城鎮(zhèn)
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The easiest way to capture a fortress is from within.
- 堡壘是最容易從內部攻破的.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. A valiant assault force does not fear a strong fortress.
- 攻堅不怕堡壘硬.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》