fastness

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfastnessfast‧ness /ˈfɑːstnəs $ ˈfæst-/ noun [countable] literary SAFEa place that is safe because it is difficult to reach SYN stronghold mountain fastnessesExamples from the Corpusfastness• And whom, casually, Thorfinn had now brought south from his fastness to greet his uncle.• It has been in its fastnesses for many years, each population evolving to its own rules.• In our North London fastness we are as ignorant as snowflakes of such matters.• 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.• 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.

单词	fastness
释义	fastness From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfastnessfast‧ness /ˈfɑːstnəs $ ˈfæst-/ noun [countable] literary SAFEa place that is safe because it is difficult to reach SYN stronghold mountain fastnessesExamples from the Corpusfastness• And whom, casually, Thorfinn had now brought south from his fastness to greet his uncle.• It has been in its fastnesses for many years, each population evolving to its own rules.• In our North London fastness we are as ignorant as snowflakes of such matters.• 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.• 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.
随便看	see about see about doing see about doing something see about something see above see above/below see against see and be seen see around see as see as see below see coming see coming see coming a mile off see do see doing see double see etc in context see eye to eye see fit see fit to do see for what it is see for what they are see how etc