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Stronghold Safe People N Count 可数名词 Place Attitude Type

英语单词 stronghold
英美音标 英 ['strɒŋhəʊld] 美 ['strɔːŋhoʊld]
中文释义 n.要塞;堡垒;中心地
英语例句 (1) We took possession of the enemy's stronghold.
(2) The Communist advance reached the Long Thieng area, the last stronghold before the capital of Vientiane.
(3) You are to take the enemy stronghold before dawn.
(4) It is the spy seated in the central stronghold of the ego.
中文例句 (1) 我们占领了敌人的要塞。
(2) 共产党部队已挺进到通往越南首都万象的最后一个要塞龙镇地区。
(3) 你们必须在凌晨前攻下敌人的堡垒。
(4) 它是安插在自我的中心堡垒中的暗探。
vocabulary简明 A stronghold is a building or other structure that is safe from attack. A fortress is a perfect example of a stronghold.
vocabulary扩展 A castle or fort surrounded by stone walls and moats is one kind of stronghold; they are built to keep the people or valuables inside them safe from invading armies. You might build a stronghold of driftwood and rocks around your prized sand sculpture on the beach, or even a figurative stronghold around yourself — to guard against having your feelings hurt.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](持共同态度或信仰的人的)大本营,据点 If you say that a place or region is a stronghold of a particular attitude or belief, you mean that most people there share this attitude or belief.
  [oft N of n]
  • The westernmost part of north Wales is a stronghold of Welsh-speakers...

    北威尔士最西部是说威尔士语人的聚居区。

  • The seat was a stronghold of the Labour party.

    这个选区是工党的大本营。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](某种动物的)主要栖息地 If you say that a place is a stronghold of a particular type of animal, you mean that more of that type of animal live there than in other places.
  [with poss]
  • Shetland is the last stronghold of otters in the British Isles.

    设得兰群岛是水獭在不列颠群岛上最后的栖息地。

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