Strand

[strænd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels.

(noun.) a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides).

(verb.) drive (a vessel) ashore.

桃瑞丝整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

(v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope).

(n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.

(v. t.) To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.

(v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.

校對:伍德罗

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Beach, shore, coast, seaboard, seacoast.

v. n. Run aground, get ashore, be wrecked, be cast away.

校對:桑福德

解釋/意思:

n. one of the strings or parts that compose a rope.—v.t. to break a strand: to form by uniting strands.

n. the margin or beach of the sea or of a lake: (Scot.) a rivulet a gutter.—v.t. to run aground: to be stopped.—v.i. to drift or be driven ashore.—p.adj. Strand′ed driven on shore: left helpless without further resource.

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