1N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 堡垒;要塞;城堡 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;要塞;城堡
2PHRASE 替人照料;代为负责 If you hold the fort for someone, or, in American English, if you hold down the fort, you look after things for them while they are somewhere else or are busy doing something else. 替人照料;代为负责 [Also + for]
His business partner is holding the fort while he is away.
他不在的时候,其生意伙伴代为负责。
SYN take responsibility, cover, stand in, carry on
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FORT | FORT + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤hill山堡➤border (especially NAmE) 邊境要塞▸➤Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, etc.鐵器時代、羅馬、撒克遜等城堡◇an Iron Age hill fort鐵器時代的山堡➤snow (NAmE) 雪堡VERB + FORT➤attack攻擊要塞▸➤hold守住堡壘◇Government forces managed to hold the fort.政府軍守住了要塞。➤build建造堡壘FORT + VERB➤fall堡壘被攻陷◇The fort finally fell after a week of intense fighting.經過一週的激戰,堡壘最終被攻陷了。PREPOSITION➤at a/the fort, in a/the fort在城堡中◇All was calm at the fort that night.那晚城堡內風平浪靜。