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

• 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。
• So suddenly, DNA is not a strand, but a loop and now the fun begins.
  因此突然的，DNA不是一股的却是一个环，现在有趣的事开始了。
• 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。
• 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。
• NIBCO uses short strand fiberglass as a reinforcement for our higher pressure carbon steel and alloy ball valve products.
  在美国尼伯科较高压力的碳钢和合金球阀产品中，采用短束玻璃纤维作为强化材料。
• The strand of hair that comes out of your head does not have living cells in it.
  当这一缕头发从你的头上长出来的时候，它没有任何活细胞在里面。
• 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。
• Green and place it with one strand of black.
  绿色和地点，它与一钢绞线的黑人。
• Sequencing-by-synthesis methods simulate parts of this process on a single DNA strand of interest.
  合成定序法模拟细胞的复制步骤，分析单股DNA的序列。
• Scientists have written what they believe is the world's smallest periodic table-on a strand of human hair.
  科学家在人的一根头发上刻出了他们相信是世界上最小的元素周期表。