fastness

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

牢度,牢固性,坚韧度,坚固性

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : 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.

nounswiftness

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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.