n.
- 線[C][U]
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Please give me a piece of
thread.
請給我一段線。
- 線狀物；一線，一絲[C]
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- 頭緒，思路；貫穿著的東西[C]
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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。
- 螺紋[C]
- 【電腦】線程
vt.
- 穿（針，線等）
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She
threaded the needle for her grandmother.
她為祖母穿針。
- 裝軟片於[（+onto）]
- 穿（珍珠等）；把……穿成一串[（+together）]
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The girl
threaded the shells together.
女孩把一些貝殼穿成一串。
- 通，通過；穿過[（+with/through）]
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The hikers
threaded their way through the thick forest.
徒步旅行者穿過茂密的森林。
- 使交織[（+with）]
- 刻螺紋於
vi.
- 通過；穿透過[（+through）]
片語
gather up the threads
- 重新繼續
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Since your holiday is already over, you'll have to
gather up the threads of your work.
既然你的假期已經結束，你就該重新繼續你的工作。
hang by a thread
- 千鈞一髮；岌岌可危
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His life was
hanging by a thread.
他的生命岌岌可危。
have not a dry thread on one
- 渾身濕透
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He rushed into the house,
having not a dry thread on him.
他衝進房子，全身都濕透了。
thread through
- 通過；使穿透
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She was
threading her way
through the crowd.
她正從人群中擠過去。
衍生
n.
threader
a.
thready
a.
threadless
a.
thread-like
辨析
n.
- a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.
- a long thin line.
-
(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.
- 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.
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(threads)
informal, chiefly N. Amer. clothes.
v.
- 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.
- move or weave in and out of obstacles.
-
[usu. as adj. threaded]
cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, or other object).
Derivative
- threader n.
- thread-like adj.
Etymology
OE thræd (n.), of Gmc origin.
