with obj.
1- drive or leave (a boat, sailor, or sea creature) aground on a shore使(船, 船员, 海洋生物)搁浅:
the ships were stranded in shallow water
那些船只在浅水中搁浅了
as adj. stranded a stranded whale.一头搁浅的鲸。
1.1
- leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere将…困在某处; 使无法脱身:
two of the firm's lorries are stranded in France.
那家公司的两辆卡车被困在法国。
- poetic/literary the shore of a sea, lake, or large river〈诗/文〉海滨, 海滩; 湖滨; 河岸:
a heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand.
一只鹭轻轻地掠过天空, 落在布满鹅卵石的岸边休息。
词源
Old English (as a noun), of unknown origin. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.
1
- a single thin length of something such as thread, fibre, or wire, especially as twisted together with others(线、纤维或电线的)股; 缕; 绞:
a strand of cotton
一缕棉线
strands of grass.
一股股青草。
1.1
- a string of beads or pearls一串珠子 (或珍珠)。
1.2
- an element that forms part of a complex whole(构成复杂整体的)一个组成部分:
Marxist theories evolved from different strands of social analysis.
马克思主义理论是从社会分析的方方面面发展而来的。
词源
late 15th cent.: of unknown origin.