stronghold

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɹɒŋhəʊld/    美 /ˈstɹɔŋˌhoʊld/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
    — AFter this victory thus opteyned by the Sicambris, they waxed so stronge that they wan frome yᵉ Almaynes dyuers Townes & stronge holds wᵗin Germania, and after that they opteyned yᵉ famous Cytie named Treueris; which as wytnessyth yᵉ Auctour of Cronica Cronicaruin, was firste foundyd in the Towne of the Patryarch Abraham before the Incarnation of Criste.
  2. A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea. figuratively
    — the last stronghold of the Cornish language

词形变化

strongholds plural

词源

From Middle English stranghalde, strong-hold, strong-holde, from strong (“having physical strength, sturdy, strong; built to withstand assaults, fortified”) (from Old English strang, strong (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“stiff, tight”)) + hōld (“grasp, grip; control, possession, rule”) (from Old English). By surface analysis, strong + hold.
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