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stronghold 音标拼音: [str'ɔŋh ,old] n. 要塞,堡垒,大本营 要塞,堡垒,大本营 stronghold n 1: a strongly fortified defensive structure [ synonym: { stronghold}, { fastness}] Hold \ Hold\ ( h[= o] ld), n. 1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; grip; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay. [ 1913 Webster] Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Thou should' st lay hold upon him. -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] My soul took hold on thee. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] Take fast hold of instruction. -- Pror. iv. 13. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. [ 1913 Webster] The law hath yet another hold on you. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Binding power and influence. [ 1913 Webster] Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of. -- Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Something that may be grasped; means of support. [ 1913 Webster] If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard. [ 1913 Webster] They . . . put them in hold unto the next day. -- Acts. iv. 3. [ 1913 Webster] King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a { stronghold}. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] New comers in an ancient hold -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Mus.) A character [ thus ?] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also { pause}, and { corona}. [ 1913 Webster]
Stronghold \ Strong" hold`\, n. A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security. [ 1913 Webster] 49 Moby Thesaurus words for " stronghold": acropolis, asylum, bastion, beachhead, bird sanctuary, blockhouse, bridgehead, bulwark, bunker, castle, citadel, donjon, fasthold, fastness, forest preserve, fort, fortification, fortress, game preserve, game sanctuary, garrison, garrison house, harbor, harbor of refuge, harborage, haven, hold, keep, martello, martello tower, mote, motte, peel, peel tower, pillbox, port, post, preserve, rath, redoubt, refuge, safe haven, safehold, sanctuary, snug harbor, strong point, tower, tower of strength, ward
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