英语词汇“fastness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fastnessfast‧ness /ˈfɑːstnəs $ ˈfæst-/ noun [countable] literary

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And whom, casually, Thorfinn had now brought south from his fastness to greet his uncle.
But the great condor, sulking on some remote ledge in the fastnesses of its preserve, fails to appear.
Green and red and gold began to appear in the winter fastness around us.
In our North London fastness we are as ignorant as snowflakes of such matters.
It has been in its fastnesses for many years, each population evolving to its own rules.
It was appropriate that he should end his days in the masculine fastness of an Elizabethan almshouse in London.
Up there, amid mountain fastnesses, its waters are sweet.

a place that is safe because it is difficult to reach SYN stronghold:

mountain fastnesses

单词	fastness
释义	fastnessfast‧ness /ˈfɑːstnəs $ ˈfæst-/ noun [countable] literary Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And whom, casually, Thorfinn had now brought south from his fastness to greet his uncle. But the great condor, sulking on some remote ledge in the fastnesses of its preserve, fails to appear. Green and red and gold began to appear in the winter fastness around us. In our North London fastness we are as ignorant as snowflakes of such matters. It has been in its fastnesses for many years, each population evolving to its own rules. It was appropriate that he should end his days in the masculine fastness of an Elizabethan almshouse in London. Up there, amid mountain fastnesses, its waters are sweet. a place that is safe because it is difficult to reach SYN stronghold: mountain fastnesses
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