strands

英 [strændz]

美 [strændz]

n.  (线、绳、金属线、毛发等的)股，缕; (观点、计划、故事等的)部分，方面; (海洋、湖或河的)岸，滨
v.  使滞留; 使搁浅
strand的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (头发、电线或纱线等的)股，缕
  Astrand ofsomething such as hair, wire, or thread is a single thin piece of it.
  1. She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes.
     她竭力想把眼前的一缕白发吹开。
  2. ...high fences, topped by strands of barbed-wire...
     顶部装有一束束带刺铁丝的高围栏
  3. He began to feed in the spaghetti, carefully separating the strands.
     他开始放入意大利面，小心翼翼地将面一缕缕分开。
• N-COUNT (计划或理论的)部分，方面
  Astrandof a plan or theory is a part of it.
  1. There had been two strands to his tactics...
     他的策略分两个部分。
  2. He's trying to bring together various strands of radical philosophic thought.
     他正试图把各种激进的哲学思想综合在一起。
• VERB (坏天气等)使滞留，使搁浅
  If youare stranded, you are prevented from leaving a place, for example because of bad weather.
  1. The climbers had been stranded by a storm...
     登山者被暴风雨困住了。
  2. The airport had to be closed, stranding tourists.
     机场被迫关闭，造成游客滞留。

双语例句

• The standard practice is to call the entire structure a chromosome and each of its strands a sister chromatid.
  标准的做法是把整个结构称为一个染色体，而把它的各条称为姐妹染色单体。
• The individual strands of each cable were hung in pulley blocks.
  每根钢索的单股钢丝束悬挂在滑车组上。
• The seamstress cut off the dangling strands of thread.
  女裁缝师剪断垂摆下来的一条线。
• A number of combinations of these strands have been developed.
  目前已开发了这种纱线的多种组合方式。
• He's trying to bring together various strands of radical philosophic thought.
  他正试图把各种激进的哲学思想综合在一起。
• These strands of molecules twine around each other to form cable-like structures.
  这些分子链彼此缠绕，形成缆线状的结构。
• Strands of evidence already support this trend.
  这种趋势已经得到了大量证据的支持。
• P This clause applies to wires, bars and strands used as prestressing tendons in concrete structures.
  本条款适用于用于混凝土结构强化钢筋的钢丝，钢棒和钢绞线。
• Gene resides within long strands of DNA which in turn make up the chromosomes.
  基因存在于DNA长链上，而DNA的排序构成了染色体。
• Blond strands of hair whipped in the wind.
  缕缕金发在风中飘扬。