strongholdn.

Brit.

/ˈstrɒŋhəʊld/, U.S.

/ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊld/,

/ˈstrɑŋˌhoʊld/

Forms: see strong adj. and hold n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: strong adj., hold n.¹

Etymology: < strong adj. + hold n.¹

1. A place strongly fortified against attack, a secure place of refuge or retreat.mountain stronghold: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun]

chestera855

boroughc893

fastnessOE

strength?c1225

warnestore1297

fortress13..

holdc1330

strongholdc1384

motec1390

fortalicec1425

garnisonc1430

garrisonc1430

town of war1441

wall-town1488

strengh1489

afforciament1509

piece1525

forcea1552

citadel1567

fort1569

place1575

holt1600

alcazar1623

fasthold1623

afforcement1642

castle-town1646

post1648

garrison-town1649

bridlea1661

palank1685

place of arms1704

ostrog1761

qila1761

presidio1763

gurry1786

thana1803

pa1823

castrum1836

lis1845

Gibraltar1856

training post1867

kasbah1902

jong1904

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. xiii. 19 He mouede the tentis to Bethsura, that was a stronge hold [L. praesidium munitum] of Jewis.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 17342 Þei ladde Ioseph..To prisoun in to a strong holde [Vesp. in a stalworth hald].

c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 149 The nombyr of an C townys and castellys, abbeys, and strong-holdys.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxvii. f. xxx They wan frome y^e Almaynes dyuers Townes & stronge holdes w^tin Germania.

1524 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 249 To procede towardes Paris, in whiche waye is neither strong holde or river to empeche or let them.

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. xxi. sig. Aa4^v Whilst we..Ryot away..whole Prouinces;..Traffique strong holds, sell Fortresses.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xiv. ii. 5 This strong hold therefore they besieged round about for three dayes and three nights together.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 42 They followed the rest to Policat, a Strong-Hold of theirs.

1738 Universal Hist. III. ii. iv. 724 He possessed himself of Ciniatum, a strong-hold situated near mount Olgasys, and from thence..made an irruption into Cappadocia.

1799 R. B. Sheridan Pizarro i. i. 18 We know there is a secret path that leads to your strong-hold among the rocks.

1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iii. 54 And therefore will retreat to seize A strong Hold on the banks of Tees.

1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 158 It was here that, in..the thirteenth century, a famous robber had his stronghold.

1875 F. B. Zincke Walk in Grisons iv. 73 We see the ruins of a great many of these strongholds.

1910 W. Lindgren et al. Ore Deposits New Mexico (U.S. Geol. Surv.) i. 191 These mountains were for years the stronghold of the Apaches.

1942 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Feb. 1/5 Japanese air raiders engaged in a grand-scale effort to soften up the stronghold for a final invasion thrust.

2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 24 Jan. 14 An Australian commando who charged towards a Taliban stronghold, shooting dead two machinegunners, has been awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Esp.: a place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended or upheld.

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1532 J. Fisher Two Fruytfull Serm. ii. sig. F.4^v That strong holde which he most specyally desyred,..(y^t is to say thyne hart) y^u [i.e. thou] hast betrayed into the handes of his enemy the deuyll.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxi. 3 Be thou my stronge holde.

1633 G. Herbert Nature in Temple i O tame my heart; It is thy highest art To captivate strong holds to thee.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. iv. 282 Such Castles in the Air, will be as strong Holds of Truth, as the Demonstrations of Euclid.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 47 I do not intend to enumerate all the strong holds of this prevailing mob-cause [sc. High-Church].

1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reform 11 Feb. 8 That household, which has been the strong hold of prodigality, the virgin fortress which was never before attacked.

1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 187 The South of Somersetshire, one of the strong holds..of the Anglo-Saxon dialect.

1830 Westm. Rev. 13 86 Except in a few strong holds where prejudice still fights against reason.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 389 The Northern counties..were the stronghold of the papal party.

1917 A. S. Pringle-Pattison Idea of God 212 The secondary qualities which are usually regarded as the stronghold of the relativistic theory.

1967 W. S. Smith London Heretics iii. v. 238 In 1879 two of General Booth's lasses arrived in the Quaker stronghold of Darlington.

2009 Independent 10 Aug. 15/2 The area is already the stronghold of the Bengal tiger.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stronghold
释义	strongholdn. Brit. /ˈstrɒŋhəʊld/, U.S. /ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊld/, /ˈstrɑŋˌhoʊld/ Forms: see strong adj. and hold n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: strong adj., hold n.¹ Etymology: < strong adj. + hold n.¹ 1. A place strongly fortified against attack, a secure place of refuge or retreat.mountain stronghold: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] chestera855 boroughc893 fastnessOE strength?c1225 warnestore1297 fortress13.. holdc1330 strongholdc1384 motec1390 fortalicec1425 garnisonc1430 garrisonc1430 town of war1441 wall-town1488 strengh1489 afforciament1509 piece1525 forcea1552 citadel1567 fort1569 place1575 holt1600 alcazar1623 fasthold1623 afforcement1642 castle-town1646 post1648 garrison-town1649 bridlea1661 palank1685 place of arms1704 ostrog1761 qila1761 presidio1763 gurry1786 thana1803 pa1823 castrum1836 lis1845 Gibraltar1856 training post1867 kasbah1902 jong1904 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. xiii. 19 He mouede the tentis to Bethsura, that was a stronge hold [L. praesidium munitum] of Jewis. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 17342 Þei ladde Ioseph..To prisoun in to a strong holde [Vesp. in a stalworth hald]. c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 149 The nombyr of an C townys and castellys, abbeys, and strong-holdys. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxvii. f. xxx They wan frome y^e Almaynes dyuers Townes & stronge holdes w^tin Germania. 1524 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 249 To procede towardes Paris, in whiche waye is neither strong holde or river to empeche or let them. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. xxi. sig. Aa4^v Whilst we..Ryot away..whole Prouinces;..Traffique strong holds, sell Fortresses. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xiv. ii. 5 This strong hold therefore they besieged round about for three dayes and three nights together. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 42 They followed the rest to Policat, a Strong-Hold of theirs. 1738 Universal Hist. III. ii. iv. 724 He possessed himself of Ciniatum, a strong-hold situated near mount Olgasys, and from thence..made an irruption into Cappadocia. 1799 R. B. Sheridan Pizarro i. i. 18 We know there is a secret path that leads to your strong-hold among the rocks. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iii. 54 And therefore will retreat to seize A strong Hold on the banks of Tees. 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 158 It was here that, in..the thirteenth century, a famous robber had his stronghold. 1875 F. B. Zincke Walk in Grisons iv. 73 We see the ruins of a great many of these strongholds. 1910 W. Lindgren et al. Ore Deposits New Mexico (U.S. Geol. Surv.) i. 191 These mountains were for years the stronghold of the Apaches. 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Feb. 1/5 Japanese air raiders engaged in a grand-scale effort to soften up the stronghold for a final invasion thrust. 2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 24 Jan. 14 An Australian commando who charged towards a Taliban stronghold, shooting dead two machinegunners, has been awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Esp.: a place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended or upheld. ΚΠ 1532 J. Fisher Two Fruytfull Serm. ii. sig. F.4^v That strong holde which he most specyally desyred,..(y^t is to say thyne hart) y^u [i.e. thou] hast betrayed into the handes of his enemy the deuyll. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxi. 3 Be thou my stronge holde. 1633 G. Herbert Nature in Temple i O tame my heart; It is thy highest art To captivate strong holds to thee. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. iv. 282 Such Castles in the Air, will be as strong Holds of Truth, as the Demonstrations of Euclid. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 47 I do not intend to enumerate all the strong holds of this prevailing mob-cause [sc. High-Church]. 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reform 11 Feb. 8 That household, which has been the strong hold of prodigality, the virgin fortress which was never before attacked. 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 187 The South of Somersetshire, one of the strong holds..of the Anglo-Saxon dialect. 1830 Westm. Rev. 13 86 Except in a few strong holds where prejudice still fights against reason. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 389 The Northern counties..were the stronghold of the papal party. 1917 A. S. Pringle-Pattison Idea of God 212 The secondary qualities which are usually regarded as the stronghold of the relativistic theory. 1967 W. S. Smith London Heretics iii. v. 238 In 1879 two of General Booth's lasses arrived in the Quaker stronghold of Darlington. 2009 Independent 10 Aug. 15/2 The area is already the stronghold of the Bengal tiger. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384
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