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

• By now I was able to speak mandarin, and had grown accustomed to finding bricks and sticks to build forts with my friends.
  此时我已会说普通话，同时也已经习惯用砖块和棍子，和朋友一起建造堡垒。
• All forts now take the same time to regain garrison size.
  所有要塞现在恢复其驻守兵力所需时间相同了。
• 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。
• 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。
• All the churches, forts, and museums.
  到处是教堂、城堡和博物馆。
• 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 Great Wall of China was built more than two thousand years ago on the basis of joining together the forts built by feudal lords to protect their land against invasions by barbarians.
  中国的万里长城是两千多年前建成的，是在把封建王公们为了防御野蛮民族入侵而建筑的城堡连接起来的基础上建成的。
• 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。
• The warships opened fire on the forts.
  几艘军舰向堡垒开火。
• Forts serve as bases where enterprising entrepreneurs could bring commerce to the West.
  要塞是有创业精神的企业家的基地，他们可以由此把贸易带到西部。