| 单词 | strand |
| 释义 | strand strand1 /strand/, v.t. 1. to drive or leave (a ship, fish, etc.) aground or ashore: The receding tide stranded the whale. 2. (usually used in the passive) to bring into or leave in a helpless position: He was stranded in the middle of nowhere. v.i. 3. to be driven or left ashore; run aground. 4. to be halted or struck by a difficult situation: He stranded in the middle of his speech. n. 5. the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach. [bef. 1000; ME (n.), OE; c. D strand, G Strand, ON strond; akin to STREW] strand2 —strandless, adj. /strand/, n. 1. one of a number of fibers, threads, or yarns that are plaited or twisted together to form a rope, cord, or the like. 2. a similar part of a wire rope. 3. a rope made of such twisted or plaited fibers. 4. a fiber or filament, as in animal or plant tissue. 5. a thread or threadlike part of anything: the strands of a plot. 6. a tress of hair. 7. a string of pearls, beads, etc. v.t. 8. to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together. 9. to break one or more strands of (a rope). [1490-1500; orig. uncert.] |
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