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fortification 音标拼音: [f ,ɔrtəfək'eʃən]
n. 防御工事,要塞,筑城 防御工事,要塞,筑城 fortification n 1: defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it [ synonym: { fortification}, { munition}] 2: the art or science of strengthening defenses 3: the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment ( as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food) Fortification \ For` ti* fi* ca" tion\, n. [ L. fortificatio : cf. F. fortification.] 1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle. [ 1913 Webster] { Fortification agate}, Scotch pebble. Syn: Fortress; citadel; bulwark. See { Fortress}. [ 1913 Webster] 93 Moby Thesaurus words for " fortification": abatis, advanced work, affirmation, attestation, authentication, backing, backing up, balistraria, bank, banquette, barbed- wire entanglement, barbican, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, bearing out, bolstering, breastwork, bulwark, buttressing, case hardening, casemate, certification, cheval- de- frise, circumstantiation, circumvallation, confirmation, contravallation, corroboration, corroboratory evidence, counterscarp, curtain, demibastion, dike, documentation, drawbridge, earthwork, enclosure, enrichment, entanglement, escarp, escarpment, fence, fieldwork, fortalice, glacis, hardening, invigoration, loophole, lunette, machicolation, mantelet, merlon, mound, outwork, palisade, parados, parapet, portcullis, postern gate, proof, proving, proving out, rampart, ratification, ravelin, redan, redoubt, refreshment, reinforcement, reinvigoration, restoration, restrengthening, revivification, sally port, scarp, sconce, stockade, strengthening, substantiation, support, supporting evidence, tempering, tenaille, undergirding, validation, vallation, vallum, verification, vitaminization, work
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