strand

一本、一筋

髪や針金、糸などの細長い一筋。

やさしい英語で： One thin length of hair, wire, thread, or a similar material.

• A strand of hair covered her eye.
• He twisted three strands of wire together.
• There was one strand of spaghetti left on my plate.

使い方： a strand of something (A strand of hair fell across her face.)

類義語： thread, filament

よく使う表現： strand of hair, strand of wire, single strand

筋、要素

物語や議論、計画、出来事の流れを構成する、つながりのある一部分。

やさしい英語で： One connected part of a larger story, argument, plan, or set of events.

• This story has several strands.
• The report brings together different strands of evidence.
• One strand of her argument concerns public health.

使い方： a strand of something (Education is one strand of the government’s policy.)

類義語： thread, element, component

よく使う表現： strand of thought, strand of evidence, different strand

海岸、浜辺

海に沿って続く細長い陸地。

やさしい英語で： The strip of land along the edge of the sea.

• We walked along the strand.
• Waves washed shells onto the sandy strand.
• The boat lay on a deserted strand.

類義語： shore, beach

よく使う表現： sandy strand, along the strand, deserted strand

立ち往生させる、取り残す

人を動けない場所や困った状況に、必要な助けもなく残す。

やさしい英語で： To leave someone stuck somewhere or in difficulty, without the help they need.

• The snow stranded us at home.
• A cancelled train stranded hundreds of passengers.
• She was stranded abroad without any money.

使い方： strand someone somewhere (The cancelled flight stranded us at the airport.); strand someone without something (The breakdown stranded them without transport.)

類義語： leave stuck, abandon

よく使う表現： strand someone abroad, strand someone somewhere, strand someone without something

座礁させる、座礁する

船を陸や浅瀬に乗り上げさせる、または船が乗り上げる。

やさしい英語で： To drive a boat onto land or into water too shallow for it to float.

• The storm stranded our boat.
• They stranded the vessel on a sandy beach.
• The ship stranded near the river mouth.

使い方： strand something on something (The storm stranded the boat on a sandbank.)

類義語： beach, ground

よく使う表現： strand a boat, strand a ship, strand on sand

残塁させる

野球で走者が本塁に戻って得点する前に攻撃を終える。

やさしい英語で： To end a baseball team’s turn before its runners can reach home and score.

• The team stranded two runners.
• His strikeout stranded a runner on third base.
• They stranded three runners in the final inning.

使い方： strand someone on base (The final out stranded two runners on base.)

類義語： leave on base

よく使う表現： strand a runner, strand two runners, strand runners on base