stranded — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Abandoned or marooned.

   Uso

   • not-comparable
   • of a person

   Esempi

   I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front[…]

   Altri esempi (1)

   The 9.17 a.m. diesel train from Fraserburgh to Aberdeen, Scottish Region, was blocked by a snow drift just north of Newmachar Station on January 19. The 57 passengers were stranded for 15 hours.

2. Run aground on a shore or reef.

   Uso

   • not-comparable
   • of a vessel

3. Not having any expressed complement.

   Uso

   • not-comparable
   • of a word or phrase that can take a complement

4. Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).

   Uso

   • not-comparable
   • of a piece of wire

5. That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.

   Uso

   • not-comparable
   • of expenses or costs

   Esempi

   With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.

6. Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

7. Having the specified number or kind of strands.

   Uso

   • nei composti
   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   single-stranded, double-stranded, triple-stranded

Aggettivo

1. cut off or left behind

   Sinonimi

   isolatedmarooned

   Esempi

   an isolated pawn

   several stranded fish in a tide pool

   Altri esempi (1)

   travelers marooned by the blizzard