A common thread runs through these discussions.
这些讨论都贯穿着一条共同的主线。
Elizabeth absent-mindedly picked a thread from his lapel.
伊丽莎白心不在焉地从他的翻领上拈起了一根线。
The thread running through many of these proposals was the theme of individual power and opportunity.
贯穿众多提案的主线，是个人权力与机遇的主题。
Another thread running through this series is the role of doctors in the treatment of the mentally ill.
贯穿这部连续剧的另一主线是医生们在心理疾病患者的治疗过程中的作用。
The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable.
这些线真的使被子坚固耐用。
They have a quick-release fastener provided with thread.
他们有快速释放的并配有螺纹的按钮。
One strand of silk doesn't make a thread; one tree doesn't make a forest.
单丝不成线， 独木不成林。
Sometimes it is perfectly sensible to spawn a new thread for each new task.
有时，为每个新任务生成一个新线程是十分明智的。
The first rule—examine your life—is the common thread that runs through the entire book.
第一个准则——审视你的人生——是贯穿全书的主线。
With the thread in her hand, the loving mother makes clothes for her son, who then travels far away from home.
慈母手中线，游子身上衣。
The blind fury here is the mythological figure Atropos; this is the Fate that cuts the slender thread by which our lives dangle.
这里的盲目暴怒是指神话人物阿特洛波斯；这是命运剪断了生命悬线的细线。
She also devised a special reel to draw the fibres from the cocoon into a single thread so that they would be strong enough to be woven into fabric.
她还设计了一个特殊的卷轴，把蚕茧里的纤维拉成一根单线，这样它们就足够结实，可以织成织物。
While a thread is running, either uploading or downloading, you can query it to check on its status to provide the user with feedback (e.g. a progress bar).
当一个线程在运行的时候，不管是上传还是下载，你可以查询进程状态并且给用户一个反馈（例如一个进度条）。
It just so happened that while she was sipping some tea, one of the cocoons that she had collected landed in the hot tea and started to unravel into a fine thread.
事情是这样的，当她喝着茶的时候，她收集的一个蚕茧落在热茶里，然后蚕茧开始散开，变成了一根细线。
A thread of light emerged from the keyhole.
从锁眼里透出一丝光亮。
A thin, glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill.
一条细细亮亮的水印爬过粗糙的水泥窗台。
Some spiders produce a single thread.
有些蜘蛛只吐一条线。
The spider can make many different kinds of thread.
蜘蛛能织出许多不同种类的线。
Each smaller thread is thinner than a human hair.
每根更小的线都比人的头发还要细。
These tiny threads come together to form a single thread.
这些细线聚在一起形成一条线。
Embroidery workers need to divide each silk thread into more than 10 or even 30 smaller threads.
刺绣工需要把每根丝线分成10多根，甚至30根更小的线。
Our hair was fried and falling out, nails broken, clothes worn to a thread, but we were alive.
我们的头发被晒伤，并在不断脱落，指甲断裂，衣服磨得破烂不堪，但我们还活着。
After testing different combinations, they chose two materials that worked: a silver-plated yarn that can light up and a kind of thread that conducts electricity.
在测试了不同的组合后，他们选择了两种有用的材料：一种可以发光的镀银纱和一种导电的线。
At the first sight I found there were indeed five or six cuts on each shoe, but all the openings were covered by soft red leather sewed with thick thread.
我一眼就发现每只鞋上确实有五六处切口，但所有的开口都是用粗线缝制的软红色皮革盖住的。
Three days went past, and I was surprised to see it again: all the openings were sewed up by thin and white thread and they looked like the ice crystal on winter's branches in the north.
三天过去了，我惊讶地再次看到：所有的开口都是用细细的白线缝起来的，看上去就像北方冬天树枝上的冰晶。
Five other marriages were intact but hanging by a thread.
其他五次婚姻都完好无损，但仍悬而未决。
Lei Tzu found that she could wind this thread around her fingers.
雷子发现她可以把这根线绕在手指上。
The essay sparked a massive thread on the internet community blog MetaFilter.
这篇文章在互联网社区博客MetaFilter 上引发了一场大规模的讨论。
From this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life.
从这次经历中，我明白了，爱只是我们生活中的一小部分。
As he had a compassionate heart he pulled out his needle and thread, and sewed her together.
他怀着一颗怜悯的心，抽出针线，把她缝在了一起。
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