单词 | stranded |
释义 | strandedadj.1 a. That has been driven ashore; that has run aground. ΘΚΠ 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.) ΘΚΠ 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 1. Of a rope: Having one or more strands broken. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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