英 [fɔːt] 美 [fɔːrt]
n. 堡垒，要塞；<美>兵营，军营；<史>边界贸易站
【名】 （Fort）（法）福尔，（德、英、西、葡、匈）福特（人名）
复数forts
fort /fɔːt/ CET6 TEM4
A fort is a strong building or a place with a wall or fence around it where soldiers can stay and be safe from the enemy. 堡垒; 碉堡
习语 If you hold the fort for someone or if you hold down the fort, you take care of things for them while they are somewhere else or are busy doing something else. 代为处理事务
His business partner is holding the fort while he is away.
他的生意伙伴在他不在的时候代他处理事务。
"I'll hold down the fort until he's back," Clark said.
“在他回来之前我会代他处理事务，”克拉克说。
要塞
要塞
科伦坡大市区范围很大，共分15个区，而我要去的要塞（Fort）是离机场最近的一个区，车程只需要30分钟多一些。当然，这个时间说的是汽车，而不是斯里兰卡四处看见的小三轮摩托。
每一时刻都是自己的警惕纵然他也不齐备被动进犯的才智，可是他定点(Fixed)三分一概是火箭内线的一座(1)宁静的炮台(Fort)，找专人做色彩搭配建议。不要整天灰头灰脸，让自己灿烂点，别浪费青春和娇美身材。
... 每天提供4000金币。 E 城寨（Fort） 城垒（Citadel） ...
The rebels besieged the fort.
叛乱者包围了城堡。
He made a firm decision to leave Fort Multry by boat.
他作出了明确的决定，要乘船离开穆尔特里堡。
I suspect that she is going to be transferred to Fort Meyer.
我怀疑她将被调到迈耶堡。
Lincoln had to decide immediately what to do about the federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina: Fort Sumter.
VOA : special.2009.07.30
On that citadel, on that strongly, rocky fort or citadel, they built what we now identify as the royal palace, the palace of the king.
那个堡垒,在那个坚固的,用岩石建造的城堡或据点之上,他们建造了,我们现在所说的皇家殿堂,国王所居之处
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But if you're going to have a big old fort, and you're going to have lots of cannon that you hope to use against your craven, reptile enemies that would want to get in your way, you've got to have people to try out the cannon.
如果你想攻占一个大型的旧式堡垒,你必须要有很多大炮,来对付那些缩在城堡中的敌人,还需要很多士兵来操纵这些大炮
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Today, Fort Union is preserved by the National Park Service as an outdoor museum on the Santa Fe Trail.
VOA : special.2009.03.30
Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered his commander in Charleston, General Beauregard, to destroy the fort before the food could arrive.
VOA : special.2009.08.13
The old fort is no less imposing now as it was in VistaVision five decades ago.
Fort Bliss Public Affairs and Garrison Command approved the shoot, an Army spokesman said.
The High Park Fire is west of Fort Collins, and has burned more than 55, 000 acres so far.
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