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单词 stranded
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strandedadj.1

/ˈstrandɪd/
Etymology: < strand v.1 + -ed suffix1.
a. That has been driven ashore; that has run aground.
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society > travel > travel by water > grounding of vessel > [adjective] > accidentally aground
gravelled1611
sand-warpeda1661
stranded1703
beached1871
1703 M. Prior Ode to Col. Villiers 43 Some from the stranded Vessel force their Way.
1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) ii. 263 He..climb'd a stranded Lighter's height, Shot to the black abyss, and plung'd down-right.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 97 [They] Wait, on the verge of dark eternity, Like stranded wrecks.
1872 Earl of Pembroke & G. H. Kingsley South Sea Bubbles i. 9 The only thing then to be done is to lie quietly where you are, like a stranded whale.
1914 A. Plummer Churches in Brit. I. iv. 122 The stranded vessel was got off the beach.
b. transferred and figurative. (Cf. strand v.1 2.)
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > rendered immobile or held fast
clought?a1400
loggedc1820
stalled1845
stuck1845
stranded1851
immobilized1910
seized1911
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. i. 24 [The works of Claude and the Poussins] may be left without grave indignation to their poor mission of furnishing drawing-rooms and assisting stranded conversation.
1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. i. 89 Some stranded nation apart from all the flow of enterprise and knowledge.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Feb. 5/1 The author..is already favourably known..for his finished pictures of this strange, stranded old-French life.
1901 Scotsman 5 Nov. 6/8 The fog lifted a little and the immense array of stranded omnibuses and vans would be able to find their way home.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

strandedadj.2

/ˈstrandɪd/
Etymology: < strand v.2, strand n.4 + -ed suffix1.
1. Of a rope: Having one or more strands broken.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > broken > of specific object
stranded1815
1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Stranded, speaking of a cable or rope, signifies that one of its strands is broken.
1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 311 Our movements..were effected by means of a stranded (or partly broken) rope.
1888 W. E. Nicholson Gloss. Terms Coal Trade (E.D.D.).
2. Composed of (a specified number of) strands.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [adjective] > made of rope or cord > composed of specific number of strands
stranded1874
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. x. 313 A four-stranded rope is about one-fifth weaker than a three-stranded one.
3. Composed of strands of wire (strand n.4 1b).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > made or consisting of wire
wiry1588
wire-drawn1673
stranded1888
silver-wiry1891
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 114 The stranded form [of submarine cable] was suggested by Prof. W. Thomson at a meeting of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow in 1854.
1899 J. Pennell in Fortn. Rev. 65 120 In the Bowden brake the power is applied by a coiled wire, with a stranded wire inside it.
1903 Kelsey Contin. Current Dynamos 199 A stranded conductor is used on account of the immunity thereby obtained from eddy currents.
4. Of a fur garment: made of skins which have been cut into diagonal strips and resewn.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials
warm?c1225
furredc1325
russet1390
imperial purple1577
furry1691
kidden1714
Shetland1790
pepper-and-salt1792
dreadnought1798
cilice1812
moleskin1836
nainsook1852
lingeriea1865
pepper-salt1882
Milanese1897
ramie1906
pinstripe1935
stranded1935
Day-Glo1949
1935 O. Hacking Home Furriery iii. 16 Work the next cut in the same way, breaking through the little joins in the centre and sides piece by piece... This way of dealing with the skin gives lovely stranded effects.
1977 Lancashire Life Dec. 109/2 (advt.) A gorgeously rich coat in warm-coloured pastel mink has big revers, beautifully stranded sleeves and a full skirt for perfect winter warmth and elegance.
1978 Times 26 Aug. 22/7 Fully stranded new mink coats from £950.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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