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