fort up

• 已过时的短语动词，指躲进或退守到防御工事或加固的阵地中，进行防守或自卫。

An obsolete phrasal verb meaning to take shelter or defend oneself in a fortified position.

不可数 · 不及物 · 短语动词，不带宾语

1. To fortify or secure a positioninformalamerican

   To prepare a place for defense by making it strong and secure, often by building barriers or gathering supplies.

   筑垒固守

   • The settlers forted up in the old barn during the storm.
   • We need to fort up the cabin before the winter sets in.
   • They forted up with sandbags and supplies for the siege.

   同义词barricadebatten downdefendentrenchfortifygarrisonprotectreinforcesecurestrengthen