a building or buildings built in order to defend an area against attack 要塞;堡壘;城堡 the remains of a Roman fort 羅馬要塞的遺址
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc1, Buildingsc1The fort finally fell after a week of intense fighting. 經過一周的激戰,堡壘最終被攻陷了。 The fort was under attack for three days. 要塞連續3 天受到襲擊。 an Iron Age hill fort 鐵器時代的山堡
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hill
- border
- Iron Age
- …
- attack
- hold
- build
- …
- fall
- at a/the fort
- in a/the fort
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a place where soldiers live and have their training 兵營;軍營;營地 Fort Drum 德拉姆堡
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hill
- border
- Iron Age
- …
- attack
- hold
- build
- …
- fall
- at a/the fort
- in a/the fort
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French fort or Italian forte, from Latin fortis ‘strong’.