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TOEFL BNC: 7786 COCA: 9115

fortress

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
fortress /ˈfoɚtrəs/ noun
plural fortresses
fortress
/ˈfoɚtrəs/
noun
plural fortresses
Learner's definition of FORTRESS
[count]
: a place that is protected against attack : a fortified place要塞;堡垒

— fortresslike

/ˈfoɚtrəsˌlaɪk/ adjective
TOEFL BNC: 7786 COCA: 9115

fortress

noun

for·​tress ˈfȯr-trəs How to pronounce fortress (audio)
: a fortified place : stronghold
especially : a large and permanent fortification sometimes including a town
fortresslike adjective

Example Sentences

the boys built a snow fortress and then challenged the neighborhood kids to an in-your-face snowball fight
Recent Examples on the Web The main highlights here include the town's mosaic-covered duomo, Cathedral of Civita Castellana, as well as its majestic ancient fortress. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 The dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham plans to rally his troops in his fortress, protected by a large moat with only a single drawbridge. Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2022 Regular summer ferries run to the old Vaxholm fortress, built to protect the Swedish capital from invasion. David Nikel, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022 The digital repository — to be housed at the National Library of Medicine, a Cold War-era fortress appropriately built for fearful times — holds 30 million documents from 9,000 sources, with links to similar troves from Beijing to Paris. Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021 The site of Solomon’s coronation ceremony, the Spring Citadel, is an enormous 3,800-year-old Canaanite fortress revealed in 2014, after 15 years of excavation. Marion Fischel, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022 The medieval structure is surrounded by a stone fortress and sprinkled with giant boulders, as is the rest of the village. Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 28 Aug. 2022 Two months ago, most Democrats were locked in a fortress of gloom. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022 When a wealthy family’s fortress becomes disarmed during the annual Purge, all hell breaks loose. Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 19 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English forteresse, from Anglo-French fortelesce, forteresse, from Medieval Latin fortalitia, from Latin fortis strong

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fortress was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 7786 COCA: 9115
fortress

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + FORTRESS | FORTRESS + VERB | FORTRESS + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEgreat巨大的堡壘impenetrable, impregnable, strong穿不透的/固若金湯的/堅固的堡壘grim陰森的城堡stone石頭堡壘VERB + FORTRESSattack, besiege, lay siege to攻擊/包圍/圍攻要塞take攻佔要塞Greek warriors took the fortress with little effort.希臘武士毫不費力地攻佔了這個要塞。hold, occupy據守要塞;佔領堡壘build建造堡壘FORTRESS + VERBfall要塞被攻克The fortress fell after a nine-day siege.經過 9 天圍攻,要塞被攻克了。FORTRESS + NOUNcity, town要塞城市/城鎮walls要塞城牆PREPOSITIONin a/the fortress在堡壘中They took refuge in the fortress.他們在堡壘中避難。

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