fastness

fastness
noun
  1. a secure refuge, especially a place well protected by natural features
    (尤指天然的)庇护所,避难所
    a remote Himalayan mountain fastness.
    一处偏僻的喜马拉雅山落脚地。
  2. [mass noun]the ability of a material or dye to maintain its colour without fading or washing away
    (材料或染料的)色牢度
    the dyes differ in their fastness to light.
    这些染料的耐光性各不相同。
语源
  1. Old English fæstnes (see fast, -ness)
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