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

fortress

/ˈfɔːtrɪs

noun

1A military stronghold, especially a strongly fortified town.World War I saw the evolution of a new fortification setup combining field strongholds with fortresses....

City walls, towers, churches, and fortresses strongly connect Estonians to the past.
Most contemporary commanders used their troops in a slow, expensive, attritional warfare based on sieges of selected fortified cities or fortresses.

Synonyms

fort, castle, citadel, blockhouse, burg, keep, tower, donjon, turret, bunker;

stronghold, redoubt, fortification, bastion;

fastness;

in Spain alcazar

rare hold, fortalice

1.1A person or thing not susceptible to outside influence or disturbance: he had proved himself to be a fortress of moral rectitude...

No nation can erect a fortress against influenza - not even the world's wealthiest country.
A paranoid fortress mentality has unfortunately gripped the government policy makers in the most underpopulated country on earth.
But already we pay a price, levied not in blood but in freedom, as a fortress mentality seeps into the national culture.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French forteresse 'strong place', based on Latin fortis 'strong'.

单词	fortress
释义	fortress /ˈfɔːtrɪs / noun 1A military stronghold, especially a strongly fortified town.World War I saw the evolution of a new fortification setup combining field strongholds with fortresses.... City walls, towers, churches, and fortresses strongly connect Estonians to the past. Most contemporary commanders used their troops in a slow, expensive, attritional warfare based on sieges of selected fortified cities or fortresses. Synonyms fort, castle, citadel, blockhouse, burg, keep, tower, donjon, turret, bunker; stronghold, redoubt, fortification, bastion; fastness; in Spain alcazar rare hold, fortalice 1.1A person or thing not susceptible to outside influence or disturbance: he had proved himself to be a fortress of moral rectitude... No nation can erect a fortress against influenza - not even the world's wealthiest country. A paranoid fortress mentality has unfortunately gripped the government policy makers in the most underpopulated country on earth. But already we pay a price, levied not in blood but in freedom, as a fortress mentality seeps into the national culture. Origin Middle English: from Old French forteresse 'strong place', based on Latin fortis 'strong'.
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