strand

美 [strænd]英 [strænd]
  • vt.搁浅;使滞留
  • n.(线、绳、金属线、毛发等的)股;(观点、计划、故事等的)部分;方面;缕;滨;(海洋、湖或河的)岸

复数: strands 过去式: stranded 现在分词: stranding 过去分词: stranded 第三人称单数: strands

strandstrand

noun

1

(线、绳、金属线、毛发等的)股,缕
a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair, etc.

a strand of wool

一股羊毛

a few strands of dark hair

几绺黑发

She wore a single strand of pearls around her neck.

她脖子上戴着单串珍珠。

2

(观点、计划、故事等的)部分,方面
one of the different parts of an idea, a plan, a story, etc.

We heard every strand of political opinion.

各派的政治观点我们都听到了。

The author draws the different strands of the plot together in the final chapter.

作者在最后一章把不同的情节线索归拢到了一起。

3

(海洋、湖或河的)岸,滨
the land along the edge of the sea or ocean, or of a lake or river

verb

1

使滞留
to leave sb in a place from which they have no way of leaving

The strike left hundreds of tourists stranded at the airport.

这场罢工使成百上千的游客滞留在机场。

2

使搁浅
to make a boat, fish, whale , etc. be left on land and unable to return to the water

The ship was stranded on a sandbank.

船在沙洲上搁浅了。

strand

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (头发、电线或纱线等的)股,缕
    A strand of something such as hair, wire, or thread is a single thin piece of it.

    She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes.

    她竭力想把眼前的一缕白发吹开。

  • 2
    N-COUNT (计划或理论的)部分,方面
    A strand of a plan or theory is a part of it.

    There had been two strands to his tactics...

    他的策略分两个部分。

  • 3
    VERB (坏天气等)使滞留,使搁浅
    If you are stranded, you are prevented from leaving a place, for example because of bad weather.

    The climbers had been stranded by a storm...

    登山者被暴风雨困住了。

noun

1
a necklace made by a stringing objects together
a string of beads
a strand of pearls
Synonym: chain string
2
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
3
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
he tried to pick up the strands of his former life
I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously
4
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
5
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Synonym: fibril filament

verb

1
bring to the ground
the storm grounded the ship
Synonym: ground run aground
2
drive (a vessel) ashore
3
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
the travellers were marooned
Synonym: maroon

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  1. Officials said the animals were thought to be short-finned pilot whales , a species known to strand " en masse . "

    有关官员表示,这些动物被认为是短鳍领航鲸,是一种著名的“集体”搁浅物种。

  2. The ship got stranded .

    船搁浅了。

  3. We heard every strand of political opinion .

    各派的政治观点我们都听到了。

  4. The author draws the different strands of the plot together in the final chapter .

    作者在最后一章把不同的情节线索归拢到了一起。

  5. She wore a single strand of pearls around her neck .

    她脖子上戴着单串珍珠。

  6. The biography weaves together the various strands of Einstein 's life .

    这部传记把爱因斯坦一生的各个方面编纂成书。

  7. He 's trying to bring together various strands of radical philosophic thought .

    他正试图把各种激进的哲学思想综合在一起。

  8. They remain stranded in freezing weather and rapidly worsening conditions .

    他们仍然被困着,天气严寒,情况迅速恶化。

  9. Not a strand of her golden hair was out of place .

    她的金发纹丝不乱。

  10. Rescue services have been working round the clock to free stranded motorists

    救援部门一直在日夜不停地工作,解救被困司机。

  11. There had been two strands to his tactics

    他的策略分两个部分。

  12. She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes .

    她竭力想把眼前的一缕白发吹开。

  13. The Strand is one of London 's busiest and most affluent streets

    斯特兰德街是伦敦最繁华、最富足的街道之一。

  14. Sarah lifted her hand and started twirling a strand of hair .

    萨拉抬起手来开始用手指缠绕一缕头发。

  15. He began to feed in the spaghetti , carefully separating the strands .

    他开始放入意大利面,小心翼翼地将面一缕缕分开。

  16. The airport had to be closed , stranding tourists .

    机场被迫关闭,造成游客滞留。

  17. These strands of molecules twine around each other to form cable-like structures .

    这些分子链彼此缠绕,形成缆线状的结构。

  18. Pauline wore a silk dress with a strand of pearls .

    保利娜穿了件丝绸长裙,戴了串珍珠。

  19. Blond strands of hair whipped in the wind .

    缕缕金发在风中飘扬。

  20. She was elegantly dressed with a double strand of pearls about her neck .

    她着装典雅,搭配着一条双层珍珠项链。

  21. Authorities requisitioned hotel rooms to lodge more than 3,000 stranded Christmas vacationers .

    当局征用旅馆房间安顿了3,000多名无处落脚的圣诞度假者。

  22. The climbers had been stranded by a storm

    登山者被暴风雨困住了。

  23. The emperor and his followers were stranded at the foot of the mountain .

    皇帝及其追随者被困在山脚下。

  24. He was stranded in a strange city without money .

    他流落在一个陌生的城市里,身无分文,一筹莫展。

  25. One strand of silk doesn 't make a thread ; one tree doesn 't make a forest .

    单丝不成线,独木不成林。

  26. Strands of mist curl in the air .

    烟雾袅绕。

  27. With no village ahead and no inn behind ; stranded in an uninhabited area ; in the

    前不巴村,后不巴店

  28. As if that were not enough , a Brazilian C-130 Hercules military transport plane has remained stranded near the runway of Chile 's air base here since it crash-landed in 2014 .

    好像还不够,一架巴西C-130大力神军用运输飞机自从2014年紧急降落后,仍搁浅在智利航空基地的跑道附近。

  29. She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears .

    她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。

  30. Although it is made of thin , delicate strands , the web is not easily broken .

    虽然它是用精细的丝线织成的,但却不太容易被弄破。