forts

英 [fɔːts]

美 [fɔrts]

n.  要塞; 堡垒; 城堡; 兵营; 军营; 营地
fort的复数

柯林斯词典

• 堡垒;要塞;城堡
  Afortis a strong building or a place with a wall or fence around it where soldiers can stay and be safe from the enemy.
• PHRASE 替人照料;代为负责
  If youhold the fortfor someone, or, in American English, if youhold down the fort, you look after things for them while they are somewhere else or are busy doing something else.
  1. His business partner is holding the fort while he is away.
     他不在的时候，其生意伙伴代为负责。

双语例句

• A line of forts was built along the border; to protect the country against attack.
  一列炮台沿着边境建造，保卫国家不受攻击。
• All forts now take the same time to regain garrison size.
  所有要塞现在恢复其驻守兵力所需时间相同了。
• The Great Wall of China was built more than two thousand years ago on the basis of joining together the forts built by feudal lords to protect their land against invasions by barbarians.
  中国的万里长城是两千多年前建成的，是在把封建王公们为了防御野蛮民族入侵而建筑的城堡连接起来的基础上建成的。
• Hierarchies are found with holdings, just like forts.
  发现与控股层，就像炮台。
• The two parts of the city developed around Dutch and English forts built in the17th century. Population, 93,882.
  该市的两个部分，于17世纪时分别由荷兰和英国的建筑要塞向四周发展起来。
• They built strong forts to guard the city and the harbour.
  他们建筑了坚固的要塞来保护城市和港湾。
• KABUL& The hills of this capital stand as monuments to men in battle, topped by crumbling forts and rusted tanks, ancient ramparts and gleaming tombs of kings.
  喀布尔&这座首都城市的小山屹立着，像一座纪念战争中的战士们的纪念碑，山顶有破碎的堡垒、锈蚀的坦克、古代城墙和闪着微光的国王墓地。
• Nineteenth century, the eighties, the Qing Dynasty built this northern port of Dalian Bay trestle, built forts, mines set up camp, the incident became the town.
  十九世纪八十年代，清朝于今大连湾北岸建海港栈桥、筑炮台、设水雷营，一时成为小镇。
• I have got to go round all the forts and villages showing them.
  我只好到各处炮台和村庄全部呈现。
• In the early Ming Dynasty, it was ranked as one of the important military forts of Nation-al Coast Defense System.
  明初它就作为军事要塞纳入了国家海防体系。