strand

英 [strænd]

美 [strænd]

n.  (线、绳、金属线、毛发等的)股，缕; (观点、计划、故事等的)部分，方面; (海洋、湖或河的)岸，滨
v.  使滞留; 使搁浅

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

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Collins.2 / BNC.4562 / COCA.5344

牛津词典

noun

• （线、绳、金属线、毛发等的）股，缕
  a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair, etc.
  1. a strand of wool
     一股羊毛
  2. a few strands of dark hair
     几绺黑发
  3. She wore a single strand of pearls around her neck.
     她脖子上戴着单串珍珠。
• （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.
  1. We heard every strand of political opinion.
     各派的政治观点我们都听到了。
  2. 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。
• （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

• 使滞留
  to leave sb in a place from which they have no way of leaving
  1. 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。
• 使搁浅
  to make a boat, fish, whale , etc. be left on land and unable to return to the water
  1. The ship was stranded on a sandbank.
     船在沙洲上搁浅了。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (头发、电线或纱线等的)股，缕
  Astrand ofsomething such as hair, wire, or thread is a single thin piece of it.
  1. 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. ...high fences, topped by strands of barbed-wire...
     顶部装有一束束带刺铁丝的高围栏
  3. 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。
• N-COUNT (计划或理论的)部分，方面
  Astrandof a plan or theory is a part of it.
  1. There had been two strands to his tactics...
     他的策略分两个部分。
  2. 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。
• VERB (坏天气等)使滞留，使搁浅
  If youare stranded, you are prevented from leaving a place, for example because of bad weather.
  1. The climbers had been stranded by a storm...
     登山者被暴风雨困住了。
  2. The airport had to be closed, stranding tourists.
     机场被迫关闭，造成游客滞留。

英英释义

noun

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

verb

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

双语例句

• There had been two strands to his tactics
  他的策略分两个部分。
• Later other prestressing methods with parallel wire or strand tendons were also used.
  后来，又使用其它的预应方法，如利用平行钢丝或钢绞线施加预应力。
• Then he gently patted the strand back into place, and I felt his cool fingertips against my throat.
  然后，他温柔地把那缕头发放回原处，我感觉到他冰冷的指尖触到了我的喉咙。
• 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。
• Production of triangle strand wire rope and its technology development new characteristic
  三角股钢丝绳生产和技术发展新特点
• A cluster of ribosomes connected by a strand of messenger RNA and functioning as a unit in protein synthesis.
  多核糖体由一束信使核糖核酸联结的一簇核糖体，在蛋白质合成中起一个单位的作用。
• 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。
• The airport had to be closed, stranding tourists.
  机场被迫关闭，造成游客滞留。
• Forensic scientists can determine a persons sex, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
  法医科学家能通过检验一缕头发判断一个人的性别、年龄和种族。
• The new type strand feeding system includes the wide feeding strap and the nine roller feeder.
  烧结机新型布料系统由宽皮带给料机和九辊布料器组成。