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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 warships opened fire on the forts.
  几艘军舰向堡垒开火。
• 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。