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

• 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。
• Its structure was inspired from buildings that have withstood the rising of the sea like the Maunsell Sea Forts in the Thames and Mersey estuaries located off the coast of the United Kingdom.
  方舟的建筑结构模仿了可以低昂海平面上升的泰晤士河和默西河河口上的作为默恩塞尔海洋堡垒，该堡垒位于英国海岸线上。
• 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。
• Settings in World of Warcraft include small towns and forts, but also six major cities ( and we're talking big daddies here) at various locations in the world of Azeroth.
  《魔兽世界》中的建筑包括小城镇和堡垒，还有六座分布在艾泽拉斯世界不同地点的主城。
• 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。
• The warships opened fire on the forts.
  几艘军舰向堡垒开火。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All the churches, forts, and museums.
  到处是教堂、城堡和博物馆。