fort
英 [f??t]
美[f?rt]
- n. 堡壘；要塞；（美）邊界貿易站
- vt. 設要塞保衛
- vi. 構筑要塞
- n. (Fort)人名；(法)福爾；(德、英、西、葡、匈)福特
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詞態變化
復數:?forts;
中文詞源
fort 城堡
來自拉丁語fortis, 堅固的，堅強的，來自PIE*bhergh, 高的，堅固的，詞源同borough, hamburg,bourgeois.
英文詞源
- fort
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Take the metalled path running between the church and the fort.
- 走教堂和城堡之間的碎石小道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The old Dutch fort with its thick high walls looks virtually impregnable.
- 古老的荷蘭城堡城墻又厚又高，看起來幾乎固若金湯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He made a firm decision to leave Fort Multry by boat.
- 他打定主意乘船離開穆爾特里堡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Archaeologists have dated the fort to the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius.
- 考古學家判定這個堡壘建于羅馬皇帝安東尼·庇護統治時期。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort.
- 火炮是對著那個碉堡部署的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
