fort
英 [fɔːt]
美 [fɔrt]
- n. 堡垒；要塞；（美）边界贸易站
- vt. 设要塞保卫
- vi. 构筑要塞
- n. (Fort)人名；(法)福尔；(德、英、西、葡、匈)福特
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fort 城堡来自拉丁语fortis, 坚固的，坚强的，来自PIE*bhergh, 高的，坚固的，词源同borough, hamburg,bourgeois.
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- fort: [15] Etymologically, a fort is a ‘strong place’. The word comes either from Old French fort or from Italian forte, both noun uses of an adjective descended from Latin fortis ‘strong’. A similar semantic result, but achieved by derivation rather than conversion, can be seen in fortress [13], a borrowing from Old French forteresse, which goes back to Vulgar Latin *fortaritia, a derivative of Latin fortis. (The nearest native English equivalent of both words is stronghold.) Other words inherited by English from fortis include fortify [15], fortitude [15], the noun forte ‘strong point’ [17] (it was borrowed, despite its modern Italianate pronunciation, from French fort, and was subsequently remodelled on the French feminine form forte), and the musical direction forte ‘loud’ [18] (from Italian), which appears also in pianoforte.
=> force, fortify, fortress - fort (n.)
- mid-15c., "fortified place, stronghold," from Old French fort "fort, fortress; strong man," noun use of adjective meaning "strong, stout, sturdy; hard, severe, difficult; hard to understand; dreadful, terrible; fortified" (10c.), from Latin fortis "strong, mighty; firm, steadfast; brave, spirited," from Old Latin forctus, possibly from PIE root *bhergh- (2) "high, elevated," with derivatives referring to hills and hill-forts (see barrow (n.2)). Or possibly from *dher- (2) "to hold firmly, support." Figurative use of hold the fort attested from 1590s.
- 1. Take the metalled path running between the church and the fort.
- 走教堂和城堡之间的碎石小道。
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- 2. The old Dutch fort with its thick high walls looks virtually impregnable.
- 古老的荷兰城堡城墙又厚又高，看起来几乎固若金汤。
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- 3. He made a firm decision to leave Fort Multry by boat.
- 他打定主意乘船离开穆尔特里堡。
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- 4. Archaeologists have dated the fort to the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius.
- 考古学家判定这个堡垒建于罗马皇帝安东尼·庇护统治时期。
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- 5. The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort.
- 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的.
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