| 单词 | fort |
| 释义 | fort (once / 74 pages) nv A fort is a place that's made strong and secure enough to be defended during a war. Although it’s usually a military word, you can also make a fort with chairs and a blanket to defend against annoying little siblings. A fort can also be called a fortress or a fortification, although typically a fortress describes a larger structure or a series of structures, while a fort is usually only one. All of these words come from the Latin word fortis for "strong, mighty, or brave.” Traditionally, forts have been strongly defended, with thick stone walls and other elements protecting them from invaders. Today in the US, some forts are simply military bases. Others are simply in the living room. WORD FAMILYfort: forted, fortify, forting, forts+/fortification: fortifications/fortify: fortification, fortified, fortifies, fortifying USAGE EXAMPLESThen the crisis at Fort Sumter escalated, threatening to engulf the nation. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Officers say 27-year-old Carrington Carter II of Fort Washington died at a hospital after being found with a gunshot wound. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) He eventually would do his basic training at Fort Chaffee. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a fortified defensive structure Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper fortress Alhambra a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages Bastillea fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution Tower of Londona fortress in London on the Thames; used as a palace and a state prison and now as a museum containing the crown jewels Machu PicchuInca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911; it may have been built in the 15th century alcazar any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors martello towera circular masonry fort for coastal defence presidioa fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings sconcea small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate defence, defense, defensive structure a structure used to defend against attack 2n a fortified military post where troops are stationed Syn|Exp|Hyper garrison Fort George Gordon Meade a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency military post, post military installation at which a body of troops is stationed 3v enclose by or as if by a fortification Syn|Hypo|Hyper fortify trench fortify by surrounding with trenches embattlefortify by furnishing with battlements for defense close in, enclose, inclose, shut in surround completely 4v station (troops) in a fort Hyper place, post, send, station assign to a station 5v gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense Syn|Hyper fort up assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet collect in one place |
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