单词 | strand |
释义 | Word Frequency strand 1(strænd) verb 1. to leave or drive (ships, fish, etc) aground or ashore or (of ships, fish, etc) to be left or driven ashore 2. (tr; usually passive) to leave helpless, as without transport or money, etc noun mainly poetic 3. a shore or beach 4. a foreign country Word origin Old English; related to Old Norse strönd side, Middle High German strant beach, Latin sternere to spreadWord Frequency strand 2(strænd) noun 1. a set of or one of the individual fibres or threads of string, wire, etc, that form a rope, cable, etc 2. a single length of string, hair, wool, wire, etc 3. a string of pearls or beads 4. a constituent element in a complex whole one strand of her argument verb 5. (transitive) to form (a rope, cable, etc) by winding strands together Word origin C15: of uncertain originWord Frequency Strand(strænd) noun the Strand |
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