n.

1. 線[C][U]
   Please give me a piece of thread.

   請給我一段線。

2. 線狀物；一線，一絲[C]
   a thread of hope

   一線希望

3. 頭緒，思路；貫穿著的東西[C]
   I must have skipped a page, because I lost the thread of the story.

   我一定跳過了一頁，因為我弄不清故事的脈絡了。

4. 螺紋[C]
5. 【電腦】線程

vt.

1. 穿（針，線等）
   She threaded the needle for her grandmother.

   她為祖母穿針。

2. 裝軟片於[（+onto）]
3. 穿（珍珠等）；把……穿成一串[（+together）]
   The girl threaded the shells together.

   女孩把一些貝殼穿成一串。

4. 通，通過；穿過[（+with/through）]
   The hikers threaded their way through the thick forest.

   徒步旅行者穿過茂密的森林。

5. 使交織[（+with）]
6. 刻螺紋於

vi.

1. 通過；穿透過[（+through）]

n.

1. a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.
2. a long thin line.
3. (also screw thread) a helical ridge on the outside of a screw, bolt, etc. or on the inside of a cylindrical hole, to allow two parts to be screwed together.
4. a theme or characteristic running throughout a situation or piece of writing.
   ▸Computing  a group of linked messages posted on the Internet that share a common theme.
   ▸Computing  a programming structure or process formed by linking a number of separate elements or subroutines.
5. (threads) informal, chiefly N. Amer. clothes.

v.

1. pass a thread through (a needle).
   ▸pass (a thread) through something and into the required position for use.
   ▸put (beads or other objects) on a thread.
2. move or weave in and out of obstacles.
3. [usu. as adj. threaded] cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, or other object).