fort
US: /ˈfɔɹt/
UK: /fˈɔːt/
UK: /fˈɔːt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
fort /fɔ:t/
- danh từ, (quân sự)
- pháo đài, công sự
- vị trí phòng thủ
- to hold the fort
- phòng ngự, cố thủ
- duy trì tình trạng sãn c
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
a building or buildings built in order to defend an area against attack: the remains of a Roman fort
Idioms: hold the fort (BrE) (AmE hold down the fort) (spoken) to have the responsibility for sth or care of sb while other people are away or out: Why not have a day off? I'll hold the fort for you.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
hill | Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, etc.
an Iron Age hill fort
VERB + FORT
attack, besiege | hold
Government forces managed to hold the fort.
FORT + VERB
be/come under attack, be/come under siege
The fort was under attack for three days.
| fall
The fort finally fell after a week of intense fighting.
PREP.
at/in a/the ~
All was calm at the fort that night.
Concise English dictionary
fortsfɔrt /fɔːt
noun
+a fortified military post where troops are stationed
+a fortified defensive structure
verb
+gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
+enclose by or as if by a fortification
+station (troops) in a fort
