A strand of something such as hair, wire, or thread is a single thin piece of it.
例句
She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes.她竭力想把眼前的一縷白發吹開。...high fences, topped by strands of barbed-wire...頂部裝有一束束帶刺鐵絲的高圍欄
N-COUNT
(計劃或理論的)部分，方面
A strand of a plan or theory is a part of it.
例句
There had been two strands to his tactics...他的策略分兩個部分。He's trying to bring together various strands of radical philosophic thought.他正試圖把各種激進的哲學思想綜合在一起。
VERB
(壞天氣等)使滯留，使擱淺
If you are stranded, you are prevented from leaving a place, for example because of bad weather.
例句
The climbers had been stranded by a storm...登山者被暴風雨困住了。The airport had to be closed, stranding tourists.機場被迫關閉，造成游客滯留。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
處于困境的
a stranded ship擱淺的船be stranded in London without any money在倫敦無依無靠，身無分文
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. cut off or left behind;
"an isolated pawn""several stranded fish in a tide pool""travelers marooned by the blizzard"
2. with the bottom lodged on a reef or shoal in shallow water