stranding

基本解释

This week the Telegraph ran the headline "Wind farms blamed for stranding of whales".
本周电讯报的大标题：“风力农场已经因为鲸鱼的搁浅而受到了责备”。
And while there remains any uncertainty, passengers may decide not to make trips in case the temporary respite reverses along with the wind, stranding them far from home.
当不确定性依然存在时，旅客们也许会选择不旅行以免短暂的（禁飞措施）中止随着风向改变，将他们滞留在远离家乡的地方。
As the ash cloud spread eastwards, northern Europe’s airports shut down one by one, stranding millions of passengers, many of them attempting to return from Easter holidays, all over the world.
随着火山灰的东移，北欧的机场逐一关闭，滞留了来自世界各地的数百万的旅客，其中很多人试图在复活节假期结束前返回。

And then it swept out again, stranding everyone from investment-grade companies to emerging-market oligarchs.
ECONOMIST: Banks will still make money, just less of it
He hated stranding Ruma with Akash so often, he said, especially now that she was pregnant again.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Unaccustomed Earth'
In sweltering heat, protesters gathered and blocked streets far and wide, stranding public transportation in the meantime.
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A strand of something such as hair, wire, or thread is a single thin piece of it.
If you are stranded, you are prevented from leaving a place, for example because of bad weather.
to form (a rope, cable, etc) by winding strands together
to leave or drive (ships, fish, etc) aground or ashore or (of ships, fish, etc) to be left or driven ashore