| 单词 | strand |
| 释义 | strand (once / 757 pages) 1n 2vn A single hair, a noodle, even a line of thought — any of these things could be called a strand, a long thin length of something. The noun strand describes things that are long and thin like a rope, or a strand of spaghetti, hair, or thread. Strands are often twisted together to form thicker, stronger things like cables. As a verb, the meaning is very different: "to leave helpless," like unreliable cars that strand their drivers, or a snowstorm that strands people at airports. WORD FAMILYstrand: stranded, stranding, strands USAGE EXAMPLESThe Grapevine was closed for periods in recent weeks because of heavy snowfall, and some motorists were temporarily stranded on mountain roads. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The host business for the engineering strand will be Viking Pump. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) It will be fun watching it all unravel — particularly the single 10-mile-long hair strand. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable Hypo|Hyper ply one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination rope yarnthe strands out of which ropes are made line something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible 2n 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 Hyper form, pattern, shape a perceptual structure 3n a very slender natural or synthetic fiber Syn|Hypo|Hyper fibril, filament barb one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather cobweb, gossamerfilaments from a web that was spun by a spider chromatidone of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyleone of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber rhizoidany of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc hyphaany of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus paraphysisa sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed conidiophorea specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia Rhizopus stolonifer, leak fungus, ring rot fungusfungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes rhizomorpha dense mass of hyphae forming a root-like structure characteristic of many fungi fiber, fibre a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn 4n a necklace made by a stringing objects together 2a strand of pearls Syn|Hyper chain, string necklace jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) 1v leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue Syn|Hyper maroon abandon, desert, desolate, forsake leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch 2v drive (a vessel) ashore Hyper land bring ashore 3v bring to the ground Syn|Hyper ground, run aground land bring ashore 4n a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) Hyper shore the land along the edge of a body of water Strand (once / 6301 pages) n WORD FAMILY Strand: Strands USAGE EXAMPLESStrands that may be considered in the future include teacher education and medical careers. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) No wonder he spent so much time at the Strand and other bookstores. New York Times(Jan 27, 2016) Strands of ivy spiral magically around two stafflike rods, called thyrsi, on the entablature, but the leaves also overlap as they would in nature. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) n a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels Exp street a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings |
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