[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
[usu N of n]
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。
...high fences, topped by strands of barbed-wire...
顶部装有一束束带刺铁丝的高围栏
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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。
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。
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[VERB 动词](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.
[be V-ed]
[V n]
The climbers had been stranded by a storm...
登山者被暴风雨困住了。
The airport had to be closed, stranding tourists.
机场被迫关闭,造成游客滞留。
Oxford
strand/strænd; NAmEstrænd/
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strandstrandsstrandedstrandingnoun1a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair, etc. (线、绳、金属线、毛发等的)股,缕◆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。2one of the different parts of an idea, a plan, a story, etc. (观点、计划、故事等的)部份,方面◆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( literaryorIrishE) the land along the edge of the sea or ocean, or of a lake or river (海洋、湖或河的)岸,滨verb[usually passive ]1strandsb to leave sb in a place from which they have no way of leaving 使滞留◆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。2strandsth to make a boat, fish, whale,etc. be left on land and unable to return to the water 使搁浅◆The ship was stranded on a sandbank.船在沙洲上搁浅了。strand/strænd; NAmEstrænd/
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strandstrand /strænd/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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1a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair etcstrand of He reached out and brushed a strand of hair away from her face.2one of the parts of a story, idea, plan etcstrand of thought/opinion/argument Plato draws all the strands of the argument together.
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