English Dictionary

fastness

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɑːs(t)nəs/

名詞

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The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity. / The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.

日本語の意味

（1）強固に結びついている状態、安定性、堅実さ、粘着性 / （2）速さ、迅速さ、迅疾さ

Her fastness to the old traditions impressed everyone.

彼女の古い伝統に対する深い愛着は皆を感心させた。

意味（1）

The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.

[T]he thing, as it is, having firſt taken vp her ſtand in the memory, and there by the way of knowledge and witting, imprinted it-ſelfe, it were hard it ſhould not repreſent it ſelfe to the imagination, diſplacing and ſupplanting falſehood, which therein can have no ſuch footing, or ſetled faſtneſſe: […]

意味（2）

The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.

[Frog:] Why are all of us fleein'? What dire peril threatens our sylvan fastness? [Bug:] Just run! Your fastness shouldn't be too slow.

意味（3）

The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.

意味（4）

(archaic) Of a fortress or other place: the quality or state of being secure from access or attack; safety, security.

But now his cruelty ſo ſore ſhe drad, / That to thoſe fennes for faſtneſſe ſhe did fly, / And there her ſelfe did hyde from his hard tyranny.

意味（5）

(obsolete) The quality or state of being firm, hard, or solid; firmness, hardness, solidity.

Which was brought to paſſe I beleue, […] by a good way of Epitome, in binding him ſelfe to tranſlate meros Atticos Oratores, and ſo to bring his ſtyle, from all lowſe groſneſſe, to ſoch firme faſtnes in latin, as is in Demoſthenes in Greeke.

意味（6）

(also figuratively) A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold.

[I]f the Welſh compelled by famine ventred out of their ſtrengthes or faſtneſſes, in or about Snowdon, the Garriſon Souldiers of Gannocke were ready to intercept and kill them; […]

意味（7）

(obsolete except Britain, regional) Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening.

fastnesses （ plural ）