Strand



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• n.绳线的一股；v.搁浅

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Norse str?nd shore
• Date: before 12th century
• the land bordering a body of water ; shore, beach

II. verb

• Date: 1621
• transitive verb
  • 1. to run, drive, or cause to drift onto a strand ; run aground
  • 2. to leave in a strange or an unfavorable place especially without funds or means to depart
  • 3. to leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning in baseball
• intransitive verb
  • to become stranded

III. noun

• Etymology: Middle English stronde, strande
• Date: 13th century
• 1. Scottish & dialect England stream
• 2. Scottish & dialect England sea

IV. noun

• Etymology: Middle English strond
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. fibers or filaments twisted, plaited, or laid parallel to form a unit for further twisting or plaiting into yarn, thread, rope, or cordage
  • b. one of the wires twisted together or laid parallel to form a wire rope or cable
  • c. something (as a molecular chain) resembling a strand <a strand of DNA>
• 2. an element (as a yarn or thread) of a woven or plaited material
• 3. an elongated or twisted and plaited body resembling a rope <a strand of pearls>
• 4. one of the elements interwoven in a complex whole <one strand of the novel's plot>

V. transitive verb

• Date: 1841
• 1. to break a strand of (a rope) accidentally
• 2.
  • a. to form (as a rope) from strands
  • b. to play out, twist, or arrange in a strand

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