fortress
要点要塞
意味
- 要塞(ようさい)(大規模で半永久的なもの)
例文
The fortress was secure from every kind of attack.
その砦はどのような攻撃にも安全であった。
You can still see the remains of the fortress there.
そこでまだ要塞都市の遺跡をみることができる。
The fortress was in the enemy's hands.
要塞は敵の手にあった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Early 14 c., from Old French forteresce, forteresse, forterece (“strong place, fortification”), variant of fortelesse, from Medieval Latin fortalitia, from Latin fortis (“strong”) (see fort) + -itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality or condition. French -ess, from Latin -itia is also in words such as duress, prowess, largesse and richesse. For change of medial -l- to -r- in Old French, compare orne (“elm”) from ulmus; chartre from cartula and chapitre from capitulum. First attested in the 12th century.