Fortress
[ 'fɔrtrəs ]
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n. 堡垒，要塞;
vt. 设置要塞;用要塞防守;
💡 词根助记
fort强大，力量+ress 表物品 → 这里指凹进去的堡垒
📝 例句
The fortress was highly vulnerable to attacks from the sky.
那要塞易于成为空袭的目标,很难防守。
The house sat on the hill, huge, a useless fortress in Gothic stone.
房子在山上，非常大，是一座用哥特式石头砌成的无用的堡垒。
The strong fortress mocked the invaders.
坚强的堡垒挫败了入侵者。
After a long fight,they managed to take the fortress.
经过长时间的战斗,他们终于攻占了那座要塞。
I can demolish every fortress if its foundations have not been set on stone.
只要碉堡的地基不是用石头筑的，我就能把它们都摧毁掉。
🌱 联想助记
fortress→fortr(=forter=frot 堡垒，城堡)+ess →要塞
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-fort-表示“力量”
📖 牛津释义
fortress
n
castle or large fort; town strengthened against attack 城堡或大的碉堡; 加强防御能力的城镇
attempts to capture this well-protected fortress 夺取这座坚固堡垒的多次进攻.
🔁 扩展释义
*['fɒ:tris]n. 城堡, 要塞vt. 筑要塞, 以要塞防守
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-6」词汇
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The first westerner to discover these islands was an Italian explorer in 1524.
首次发现这些岛屿的西方人是一位意大利探险家，时间是1524年。
It is much cheaper to post or email a long report than to fax it.
邮寄或电子邮递一封长篇报告比传真要便宜得多。
He died on January 30th, 1948.
他于1948年1月30日逝世。