fort
fort — 名詞
- fortsingular
- fortsplural
1. a strong building or group of buildings with thick stone or concrete walls, buil
堡壘；要塞
有厚牆防禦的軍事建築
a strong building or group of buildings with thick stone or concrete walls, built by an army to protect a place against enemy attack.
The old stone fort stood on a hill overlooking the river valley.
那座古老石造堡壘矗立在小山上，俯瞰著河谷。
collocation: stone fort
Ryo's great-grandfather helped build the fort during the war.
Ryo 的曾祖父在戰爭期間協助建造了這座堡壘。
Enemy soldiers attacked the fort at dawn, but the gates held firm.
敵軍在黎明時分進攻堡壘，但大門依舊堅守不退。
collocation: attack the fort
Visitors can still walk along the thick walls of the 18th-century fort.
遊客依然可以沿著這座十八世紀堡壘的厚牆散步。
The fort was designed to protect the port from attacks by sea.
這座堡壘的設計目的是保護港口免受海上攻擊。
passive: was designed to protect
- build a fort
- defend a fort
- attack a fort
- stone fort
- hill fort
- ancient fort
- surrender a fort
- fortress
a much larger, stronger fortification that often protects a whole town or region
- stronghold
a place that is strongly defended; also common in metaphorical use
- citadel
a fortress built inside or near a city, historically guarding the city centre
- bastion
originally a projecting part of a fort; now often used metaphorically for someone or something that defends a principle
文法句型
a/the + [adjective] + fort
用法筆記
Often used in the names of historical defensive buildings, written with a capital letter (e.g., Fort Sumter, Fort Knox).
常見錯誤
2. a military camp or post where soldiers live, train, and carry out their duties o
軍營；駐地
士兵長期駐紮的基地
a military camp or post where soldiers live, train, and carry out their duties over a long period.
Camille was assigned to a remote fort near the desert border.
Camille 被派往一座靠近沙漠邊境的偏遠軍營。
collocation: assigned to a fort
The army closed the old fort and moved the soldiers to a new base.
軍方關閉了舊軍營，將士兵遷移到新的基地。
Supplies arrived at the fort every two weeks by truck.
補給物資每兩週用卡車運送到軍營。
collocation: arrived at the fort
Life at the fort was quiet, with drills every morning and evening.
軍營裡的生活很平靜，每天早晚都有操練。
Rania's father served at a military fort for almost ten years.
Rania 的父親在軍事駐地服務了將近十年。
collocation: served at a fort
- stationed at a fort
- serve at a fort
- close a fort
- remote fort
- army fort
- fort commander
- base
the most common modern word for a place where military personnel live and operate from
- camp
often refers to a temporary or less permanent military post
- garrison
can refer either to the troops stationed at a fort or the fort itself; more formal
- post
common in American English for a military station (e.g., army post)
文法句型
at/in + a/the + fort
用法筆記
This sense focuses on the fort as a place where people live and work rather than purely as a defensive structure. In modern usage, 'base' or 'camp' is more common for active military posts.
hold the fort
idiomto take care of a place, a job, or a group of people while the person who is usually responsible is away.
代為照看；留守
Maeve asked her assistant to hold the fort while she was at the conference.
Tanvi held the fort at the office while her boss attended a two-day training course.
同根字
- fortress名詞B2
- fortify動詞C1
- fortification名詞C1
- fortified形容詞C1
- fortitude名詞C2