stronghold
n. 要塞; 據點; 根據地
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...
北威爾士最西部是說威爾士語人的聚居區。
The seat was a stronghold of the Labour party.
這個選區是工黨的大本營。
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.
設得蘭群島是水獺在不列顛群島上最後的棲息地。
1. a strongly fortified defensive structure
Kandahar was once a key Taliban stronghold.
卡達哈曾經是塔里班的一個重要據點.
Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold.
詩59:9我的力量阿、我必仰望你.因為神是我的高臺.
What force would be powerful or daring enough to assail the stronghold of these ancient worms?
什麼勢力有實力和膽量攻擊這些遠古巨龍的要塞 呢 ?
He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
詩62:6惟獨他是我的磐石、我的拯救.他是我的高臺. 我必不動搖.
But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is now the city of David.
7然而大衛攻取了錫安的保障, 就是如今的大衛城.