strands
/strænd/ (bre, ipa) · [strˈændz] /strænd/ (ame, ipa) · [strˈændz] /ˈstrand How to pronounce strand (audio)/ (ame, mw)
strands — 名詞
1. thin separate lengths of hair, thread, wire, or similar material, often several
絲；股；縷
細長的一條，如毛髮、線或金屬絲
thin separate lengths of hair, thread, wire, or similar material, often several that are twisted or laid together to make something stronger
Several silver strands of wire stuck out of the damaged cable.
幾股銀色金屬絲從受損的電纜裡伸了出來。
strands of [material]
Lien brushed a few wet strands of hair away from her glasses.
Lien 把幾縷濕髮從眼鏡旁邊撥開。
The necklace has three strands of tiny pearls from her grandmother.
這條項鍊有三股細小的珍珠串，來自她祖母留下的收藏。
In the school lab, students compared single and double DNA strands.
在學校實驗室裡，學生比較了單股和雙股的 DNA。
文法句型
strands + of + [material]
用法筆記
Often used with 'of' to name the material: strands of hair, wire, thread, or DNA. In everyday use, the plural is common when several long pieces are visible together.
2. separate but related parts that together make up a larger story, argument, plan,
脈絡；環節
構成整體故事、計畫等的相關部分
separate but related parts that together make up a larger story, argument, plan, or situation
The documentary brings together strands of family history and local politics.
這部紀錄片把家族歷史與地方政治的幾條脈絡放在一起。
bring strands together
Several strands of the debate came back during the town meeting.
鎮民大會進行時，這場辯論中的幾個環節又再次出現。
Noa traced two strands of the research project back to one email.
Noa 把這項研究計畫的兩條脈絡追查回同一封電子郵件。
The final chapter ties the comic and tragic strands together.
最後一章把喜劇與悲劇的幾條支線綁在了一起。
文法句型
strands + of + [story/plan/debate]
用法筆記
Common in writing about stories, arguments, and public issues. It suggests parts that stay separate for a time but are connected within one larger pattern.
3. stretches of shore or beach by the sea, especially in literary or descriptive wr
海岸；海濱
海邊的岸地或沙灘，多見於文學描寫
stretches of shore or beach by the sea, especially in literary or descriptive writing
The poem describes cold northern strands where no trees can grow.
這首詩描寫了寒冷的北方海岸，那裡連樹都長不起來。
literary plural for shores
Fishermen pulled their nets onto the rocky strands before dawn.
漁夫們在黎明前把漁網拉上多石的海濱。
Tourists rarely visit the black-sand strands outside the old port.
遊客很少造訪舊港外那些黑沙海灘。
Sea birds circled above the empty strands after the storm.
暴風雨過後，海鳥在空蕩蕩的海岸上空盤旋。
用法筆記
This sense sounds literary, old-fashioned, or poetic. In ordinary conversation, people usually say 'beaches' or 'shores' instead.
strands — 動詞
- strandspresent simple I / you / we / they
- strandses3rd person singular
- strandsing-ing form
- strandsedpast simple
1. causes someone or something to be left somewhere with no practical way to travel
使滯留；困住
讓人或動物卡在某地而無法離開
causes someone or something to be left somewhere with no practical way to travel on or get home
The airline strike strands dozens of students in Seoul during exam week.
航空公司罷工讓幾十名學生在首爾的考試週期間滯留當地。
strand + people + place
A dead battery strands Noor on a dark road after work.
一顆沒電的電池讓 Noor 下班後困在昏暗的路上。
Low tide sometimes strands small fish in shallow pools near the pier.
退潮有時會把小魚困在碼頭附近的淺水池裡。
The cancelled ferry strands holidaymakers on the island until Monday morning.
停駛的渡輪讓度假遊客困在島上，一直到星期一早上都走不了。
文法句型
strand + [someone/animal] + [place]
用法筆記
The passive is more common in many contexts ('people are stranded'), but this form is natural when a storm, breakdown, or transport failure is the subject.
常見錯誤
2. in baseball, leaves one or more runners on base when the inning ends, so they do
留下跑者
棒球中讓跑者留在壘上未得分
in baseball, leaves one or more runners on base when the inning ends, so they do not score
A sharp ground ball strands two runners and ends the seventh inning.
一記強勁的滾地球讓兩名跑者留在壘上，也結束了第七局。
strand + number + runners
The rookie pitcher strands the tying run at third with a strikeout.
那位菜鳥投手用一次三振，把追平分的跑者留在三壘。
One more fly ball strands three Yankees and keeps Boston ahead.
再來一記高飛球就讓三名洋基跑者留在壘上，波士頓也繼續領先。
The defense strands a runner on second after a diving catch.
守備方靠一次飛撲接殺，讓一名跑者留在二壘。
- drives in
brings the runner home to score
文法句型
strand + [number] + runner(s)
strand + the tying run + [base]
用法筆記
Used only in baseball. The object is the runner or runners who fail to score, and the context nearly always mentions the base or the inning.
3. drives a boat or ship onto a shore, reef, sandbar, or shallow bank so that it ca
使擱淺
使船隻卡在岸邊或淺灘而動不了
drives a boat or ship onto a shore, reef, sandbar, or shallow bank so that it cannot move freely
A hidden sandbar strands the fishing boat just before sunrise.
一處隱藏的沙洲在日出前把那艘漁船弄得擱淺。
strand + boat + on obstruction
Thick fog strands a cargo ship on the reef overnight.
濃霧讓一艘貨船整夜擱淺在礁石上。
The storm surge strands two small yachts beside the harbour wall.
暴潮把兩艘小型遊艇擱在港牆旁邊。
One wrong turn strands the rescue boat on a muddy bank.
一次錯誤的轉向讓救援船擱在泥濘的岸邊。
- refloats
gets a stranded vessel moving again
文法句型
strand + [boat/ship] + [on/upon] + [reef/sandbar/bank]
用法筆記
This is the older nautical sense from which the more general travel sense developed. It is most natural with ships, boats, reefs, sandbars, and coasts.