| 单词 | fortress |
| 释义 | fortress noun[C] uk/ˈfɔː.trəs/us/ˈfɔːr.trəs/alarge,strongbuildingorgroupofbuildingsthat can bedefendedfromattack 城堡；堡垒；要塞；设防的地方Synonym fort  Buena Vista Images/Stone/GettyImages Fortifications
fortress| American Dictionaryfortress noun[C] us/ˈfɔr·trəs/alarge,strongbuildingorgroupofbuildingsthat can bedefendedfromattack Examplesoffortressfortress People are feeling insecure; they want their home to be afortress. From theCambridge English Corpus It can be used for afortressof any architectural type. From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately this is the only burial of its sort to be observed in a legionaryfortress. From theCambridge English Corpus At which time you will be billed for all costs incurred to thefortressduring your stay in the cage. From theCambridge English Corpus It is, therefore, an implicitfortress, and gives no hint whatsoever of the generous gardens within. From theCambridge English Corpus This suggests that women within thisfortressare most probably officers' families and tradespersons, although the ordinary soldiers' barracks have not been extensively excavated. From theCambridge English Corpus This was passed with some enthusiasm after a conference discussion which at times seemed to be likening the new estates to socialist fortresses. From theCambridge English Corpus I doubt whether 'fortressconservationists ' will be convinced by this volume, since narratives generally are not judged by their actual achievements. From theCambridge English Corpus From the very beginning the body was considered a "fortress" constantly under attack by "the evil," by "bugs," and - inherited from premedical ages - by demons. From theCambridge English Corpus The assumption was that the guerrillas would be trapped in their mainfortressas the strike forces converged inward. From theCambridge English Corpus At the far end, where the windows must have been, there were bass enclosures like fortresses on which midranges, trebles and supertrebles perched like turrets. From theCambridge English Corpus He lamented that even thisfortresswas no longer safe from the epidemic. From theCambridge English Corpus But at the same time those who settled employed architecture to build houses like fortresses. From theCambridge English Corpus The unions are necessary as a defensivefortressfor all workingmen. From theCambridge English Corpus To this end, we are directed to the economic, administrative, and symbolic roles of thefortresswithin the rural context. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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