hold one's ground
站稳脚跟,坚守阵地,坚守立场,坚守岗位
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Definitions
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- : the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- : earth or soil: stony ground.
- : land having an indicated character: rising ground.
- : Often grounds . a tract of land appropriated to a special use: picnic grounds; a hunting ground.
- : Often grounds . the foundation or basis on which a belief or action rests; reason or cause: grounds for dismissal.
- : subject for discussion; topic: Sex education is forbidden ground in some school curricula.
- : rational or factual support for one's position or attitude, as in a debate or argument: on firm ground; on shaky ground.
- : the main surface or background in painting, decorative work, lace, etc.
- : Fine Arts. a coating of some substance serving as a surface for paint, ink, or other media in art: Lead white is a traditional ground for oil paintings.ground color.
- : the background in a visual field, contrasted with the figure.
- : Also called etching ground. an acid-resistant substance, composed of wax, gum, and resin in varying proportions, applied to the entire surface of an etching plate and through which the design is drawn with an etching needle.
- : grounds, dregs or sediment: coffee grounds.
- : grounds, the gardens, lawn, etc., surrounding and belonging to a building.
- : Electricity. a conducting connection between an electric circuit or equipment and the earth or some other conducting body.
- : Music. ground bass.
- : Nautical. the bottom of a body of water.
- : the earth's solid or liquid surface; land or water.
- : Carpentry. a strip of wood to which woodwork can be attached, set flush with the plaster finish of a room.a strip of wood or length of corner bead used at an opening as a stop for plasterwork.
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- : situated on or at, or adjacent to, the surface of the earth: a ground attack.
- : pertaining to the ground.
- : Military. operating on land: ground forces.
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- : to lay or set on the ground.
- : to place on a foundation; fix firmly; settle or establish; found.
- : to instruct in elements or first principles: to ground students in science.
- : to furnish with a ground or background, as on decorative work.
- : to cover with colors or other materials before printing.
- : Electricity. to establish a ground for.
- : Nautical. to cause to run aground.
- : Aeronautics. to restrict to the ground because of bad weather, the unsatisfactory condition of the aircraft, etc.
- : to forbid to fly because of bad health, failure to comply with safety regulations, or the like.
- : Informal. to put out of action or make unable to participate: The quarterback was grounded by a knee injury.
- : Informal. to restrict the activities, especially the social activities, of: I can't go to the party—my parents have grounded me until my grades improve.
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- : to come to or strike the ground.
- : Baseball. to hit a ground ball. to ground out.
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- : ground out, Baseball. to be put out at first base after hitting a ground ball to the infield.
Phrases
- ground floor, get in on the
- ground rules
- both feet on the ground
- break ground
- common ground
- cover ground
- cover the field (ground)
- cut the ground from under
- down to the ground
- ear to the ground
- from the ground up
- gain ground
- get off the ground
- give ground
- happy hunting ground
- hit the ground running
- lose ground
- on one's home ground
- run into the ground
- run to earth (ground)
- stamping ground
- stand one's ground
- worship the ground someone walks on
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
His brother was a miner, and Stearns himself spent a year below ground.
However, the group revised its policy later that year so that an English bird name that causes “sufficient offense” could be changed solely on those grounds.
Those echoes, scientists say, occur as the whale’s call bounces off of rock layers within Earth’s crust — producing seismic images of the layers similar to those obtained by aiming sound waves at the ground with an air gun.
It’s another three hours toward the Texas border to reach New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns National Park, where you can tour several of the underground caves on your own, along with miles of above-ground hiking trails across the Chihuahuan Desert.
Whatever rabbit hole I had fallen down, the flavor was familiar enough to be grounding.
For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.
That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.
“I feel a shaking of the ground I stand on,” Carson tells Mrs. Hughes with trepidation.
A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.
He didn't need to wait—as the birds did—until an angleworm stuck his head above ground.
The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.
Entrez donc, 'tis the work of one of your compatriots; and here, though a heretic, you may consider yourself on English ground.
Then the enemy's howitzers and field guns had it all their own way, forcing attack to yield a lot of ground.