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。
• At the beginning of the 19th century British possessions were confined to forts and slave trading posts on the west coast.
  19世纪初英国的占领地局限于西海岸的堡垒和奴隶交易点。
• It is the postcard picture of Macao colonial Portuguese buildings, forts and churches alongside ancient Chinese temples and neon-lit casinos.
  这是明信片上的澳门景象在古老的中国寺庙和霓虹灯闪烁的赌场之间，矗立着殖民者葡萄牙风格的建筑、城堡和教堂。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Otherwise my forts would have sunk you in the harbor.
  另外我的舰队将把你埋葬。
• Muri Lignei-A wooden wall is the most common defence for new settlements and semi-permanent forts in the northern provinces.
  在北方行省，木墙是一个新的定居点和半永久据点最常见的防御工事。
• 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。