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fortress

noun
🔊/ˈfɔːtrəs/
🔊/ˈfɔːrtrəs/
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  1. a building or place that has been made stronger and protected against attack城堡；堡垒；要塞；设防的地方
    • a fortress town enclosed by four miles of ramparts由四英里长的城墙围着的设防城镇
    • Fear of terrorist attack has turned the conference centre into a fortress.由于害怕恐怖分子袭击，会议中心已变成了堡垒。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The fortress fell after a nine-day siege.经过 9 天围攻，要塞被攻克了。
    • They took refuge in the fortress.他们在堡垒中避难。
    Topics Historyc1, Buildingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • impenetrable
    • impregnable
    • …
    verb + fortress
    • attack
    • besiege
    • lay siege to
    • …
    fortress + verb
    • fall
    fortress + noun
    • city
    • town
    • walls
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the fortress
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French forteresse ‘strong place’, based on Latin fortis ‘strong’.