fortify
英 ['fɔːtɪfaɪ]
美['fɔrtɪfaɪ]
- vt. 加强；增强；（酒）的酒精含量；设防于
- vi. 筑防御工事
英英释意
- 1. make strong or stronger;
- "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"
- "strenghten the relations between the two countries"
- 2. enclose by or as if by a fortification
- 3. prepare oneself for a military confrontation;
- "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"
- "troops are building up on the Iraqui border"
- 4. add nutrients to;
- "fortified milk"
- 5. add alcohol beverages
