A fort is a strong building or a place with a wall or fence around it where soldiers can stay and be safe from the enemy.
PHRASE
替人照料;代为负责
If you hold the fort for someone, or, in American English, if you hold down the fort, you look after things for them while they are somewhere else or are busy doing something else.
例句
His business partner is holding the fort while he is away.他不在的时候,其生意伙伴代为负责。
英汉词典释义
n.
堡垒, 城堡
The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort.火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a fortified military post where troops are stationed
2. a fortified defensive structure
Verb
1. gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense