stronghold
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++strong·hold /ˈstrɒŋhəʊld $ ˈstrɒːŋhoʊld/ noun [countable] 1 PPVSUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANan area where there is a lot of support for a particular way of life, political party etc 〔某一生活方式、政党等〕备受支持的地方；据点，大本营 The area is a Republican stronghold. 这个地区是共和党的大本营。2 PMan area that is strongly defended by a military group 堡垒；要塞；据点 The fighters moved south to their mountain stronghold. 战士们向南行进，到达他们在山上的据点。3 an area where there are large numbers of a rare animal 〔珍稀动物的〕主要栖息地 one of the last strongholds of the European wolf 欧洲狼最后的主要栖息地之一
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stronghold• Many of these protesters will be outside agitators, even convention delegates, from anti-abortion strongholds like Texas and Florida.• In the surrounding debris of apartment blocks more militia would be crouched, forming the outer defence ring of the beleaguered stronghold.• Kentucky is a traditional Democratic stronghold.• In the 1890s it declined in one of its strongholds, Kurunagala district.• The displays cover the growth and development of one of Britain's foremost medieval strongholds under its succession of powerful castellans.• a rebel stronghold• Willie Hague must have passed us on that peculiar whistlestop tour of Republican strongholds he made several months ago.• The Hohenstaufen castle of Trifels, one of Barbarossa's strongholds in the Rhineland.• Henry then withdrew to the relative safety of Richard's stronghold at Aixe.strong·hold nounChineseSyllable
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stronghold
strong‧hold /ˈstrɒŋhəʊld $ ˈstrɒːŋhoʊld/
noun [countable]
1. an area where there is a lot of support for a particular way of life, political party etc:
The area is a Republican stronghold.
2. an area that is strongly defended by a military group:
The fighters moved south to their mountain stronghold.
3. an area where there are large numbers of a rare animal:
one of the last strongholds of the European wolf
strong‧hold /ˈstrɒŋhəʊld $ ˈstrɒːŋhoʊld/
noun [countable]1. an area where there is a lot of support for a particular way of life, political party etc:
2. an area that is strongly defended by a military group:
3. an area where there are large numbers of a rare animal: