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fastness

/fast-nis, fahst-/US // ˈfæst nɪs, ˈfɑst- //UK // (ˈfɑːstnɪs) //

牢度,牢固性,坚韧度,坚固性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a secure or fortified place; stronghold: a mountain fastness.
    • : the state of being fixed or firm: the fastness of democratic institutions.
    • : the state of being rapid.

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Examples

  • With each description from the world’s best players about the beastliness of Augusta National on Thursday — its firmness, its fastness, its fickle wind — Justin Rose’s round gained more shine as it went along.

  • Edwin had to brace himself again, for an assault upon the fastness of the stationmaster.

  • And in the incredibly small and incredibly dirty fastness of the stationmaster, they indeed found a Bradshaw.

  • After journeying for several days through a desert country, they reached Sechele's mountain fastness.

  • Twice she heard large bodies moving in the tangled fastness about the clearing, but what made the sounds remained a mystery.

  • Siegfried, the hero of the Nibelungen Lied, dwells in the mountain fastness of Geroldseck.