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

• 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。
• 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。
• At the beginning of the 19th century British possessions were confined to forts and slave trading posts on the west coast.
  19世纪初英国的占领地局限于西海岸的堡垒和奴隶交易点。
• I would make him forts or he would love it if we made an obstacle course in the house.
  我还会给他做玩具堡垒，如果我在家里建个“障碍赛跑训练场”，他就会开心得不得了。
• Fort: Forts are the best way to fight off invasions from angry monarchs.
  堡垒：当愤怒的海岛王进攻你的国家时，利用堡垒是最好的防御方法。
• At midnight, we began to attack the enemy and thrust home all their forts.
  午夜，我们开始向敌人进攻，打中了他们所有的碉堡。
• Otherwise my forts would have sunk you in the harbor.
  另外我的舰队将把你埋葬。
• Drenched in the stark Atlantic sun, the coastline is dotted with historic forts.
  沐浴在大西洋耀眼的阳光中，这片海岸线遍布着诸多历史悠久的古堡。
• The warships opened fire on the forts.
  几艘军舰向堡垒开火。
• The young officers of the African Service who volunteered to man the slave forts and oversee the dungeons were children of the age of enlightenment.
  那些自愿看管奴隶城堡和地牢的都是些在非洲服役的刚过懵懂之年的年轻军官。