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N-VAR
(尤指用于縫紉的)細線，細絲
Thread or a thread is a long very thin piece of a material such as cotton, nylon, or silk, especially one that is used in sewing.
例句
This time I'll do it properly with a needle and thread.
這次，我要用針線將它縫好。
...a tiny Nepalese hat embroidered with golden threads.
帶有金絲線刺繡的尼泊爾小帽
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N-COUNT
主線;思路;脈絡
The thread of an argument, a story, or a situation is an aspect of it that connects all the different parts together.
例句
The thread running through many of these proposals was the theme of individual power and opportunity...
貫穿這許多提案的主線是個人權力和機遇這一主題。
All religions are united by the common threads of fighting evil and helping others...
所有宗教都因為懲惡助人這一共同主題而聯合起來。
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N-COUNT
線狀物;一線
A thread of something such as liquid, light, or colour is a long thin line or piece of it.
例句
A thin, glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill.
在粗糙不平的水泥窗臺上有一條細細的發光水印。
...Venetian glass decorated with embedded threads of white.
鑲嵌有白色線條的彩色裝飾玻璃
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N-PLURAL
衣服
You can refer to clothes as threads .
例句
...a cheap place to pick up natty threads.
能買到既整潔時髦而又便宜的衣服的去處
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N-COUNT
螺紋
The thread on a screw, or on something such as a lid or a pipe, is the raised spiral line of metal or plastic around it which allows it to be fixed in place by twisting.
例句
The screw threads will be able to get a good grip.
螺紋能牢牢地咬合卡緊。
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VERB
穿行;曲折穿過;蜿蜒
If you thread your way through a group of people or things, or thread through it, you move through it carefully or slowly, changing direction frequently as you move.
例句
Slowly she threaded her way back through the moving mass of bodies...
她從人流中慢慢地擠了回來。
...threading our way past little boats...
我們在小船中間蜿蜒穿行
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VERB
使(細長的物體)穿過;使穿進
If you thread a long thin object through something, you pass it through one or more holes or narrow spaces.
例句
...threading the laces through the eyelets of his shoes...
把鞋帶穿進他的鞋眼
Air ducts and electrical cables were threaded through the complex structure...
通風管和電纜在這幢結構復雜的建筑物中穿過。
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VERB
將(珠子等)穿起來
If you thread small objects such as beads onto a string or thread, you join them together by pushing the string through them.
例句
Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string.
把這些蘑菇擦干凈，然后用線穿起來。
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VERB
穿(針)
When you thread a needle, you put a piece of thread through the hole in the top of the needle in order to sew with it.
例句
I sit down, thread a needle, snip off an old button.
我坐下來，穿好針，剪下一枚舊紐扣。
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PHRASE
千鈞一發;岌岌可危
If you say that something is hanging by a thread, you mean that it is in a very uncertain state and is unlikely to survive or succeed.
例句
The fragile peace was hanging by a thread as thousands of hardliners took to the streets.
成千上萬的強硬派分子走上街頭示威，脆弱的和平局勢危在旦夕。
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PHRASE
(活動中斷后)繼續下去/(經歷失敗、霉運后)恢復生機
If you pick up the threads of an activity, you start it again after an interruption. If you pick up the threads of your life, you become more active again after a period of failure or bad luck.
例句
Many women have been able to pick up the threads of their former career.
許多女性得以重操舊業。