stronghold
n. 要塞; 据点; 根据地
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.
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。
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.
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。
1. a strongly fortified defensive structure
Kandahar was once a key Taliban stronghold.
卡达哈曾经是塔里班的一个重要据点.
Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold.
诗59:9我的力量阿、我必仰望你.因为神是我的高台.
What force would be powerful or daring enough to assail the stronghold of these ancient worms?
什么势力有实力和胆量攻击这些远古巨龙的要塞 呢 ?
He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
诗62:6惟独他是我的磐石、我的拯救.他是我的高台. 我必不动摇.
But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is now the city of David.
7然而大卫攻取了锡安的保障, 就是如今的大卫城.