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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Muri Lignei-A wooden wall is the most common defence for new settlements and semi-permanent forts in the northern provinces.
  在北方行省，木墙是一个新的定居点和半永久据点最常见的防御工事。
• It is the postcard picture of Macao colonial Portuguese buildings, forts and churches alongside ancient Chinese temples and neon-lit casinos.
  这是明信片上的澳门景象在古老的中国寺庙和霓虹灯闪烁的赌场之间，矗立着殖民者葡萄牙风格的建筑、城堡和教堂。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have cracked open many enemy cities, blockhouses and forts and broken through fairly well-fortified enemy field positions.
  很多的城市、堡垒、寨子，被我们打开，某种程度的敌人野战阵地被我们突破。
• 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。