fortress

英 ['f??tr?s] 美['f?rtr?s]

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復(fù)數(shù):?fortresses;

fortress 城堡，堡壘

來(lái)自fort, 堅(jiān)固，堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，堡壘。-ess, 名詞后綴，詞源同duress, largess,noblesse.

fortress: fortress: see fort
fortress (n.): early 14c., from Old French forteresse, forterece "strong place, fortification" (12c.), variant of fortelesse, from Medieval Latin fortalitia, from Latin fortis "strong" (see fort) + -itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality or condition. French -ess from Latin -itia also is in duress, largesse, riches. For change of medial -l- to -r- in Old French, compare orne "elm" from Latin ulmus; chartre from cartula; chapitre from capitulum.

1. The fortress was proof against the techniques of attack then in use.: 該防御工事能抵御當(dāng)時(shí)所使用的各種進(jìn)攻手段。

2. The low sun lit the fortress walls with yellow light.: 低懸的太陽(yáng)將黃燦燦的陽(yáng)光瀉在堡壘的墻壁上。

3. a fortress town enclosed by four miles of ramparts: 由四英里長(zhǎng)的城墻圍著的設(shè)防城鎮(zhèn)

4. The easiest way to capture a fortress is from within.: 堡壘是最容易從內(nèi)部攻破的.