fortress

英 ['fɔːtrɪs] 美 ['fɔrtrəs]

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※ 提供单词"fortress"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

fortress 城堡，堡垒

来自fort, 坚固，坚强，堡垒。-ess, 名词后缀，词源同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.

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1. The fortress was proof against the techniques of attack then in use.: 该防御工事能抵御当时所使用的各种进攻手段。

2. The low sun lit the fortress walls with yellow light.: 低悬的太阳将黄灿灿的阳光泻在堡垒的墙壁上。