thread /θrɛd/ CET4 TEM4 ( threading, threaded, threads )

• 1. 

  N-VAR 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. (尤指用于缝纫的) 线

  例：

  This time I'll do it right with a spool of thread.

  这次我会用一轴线把它弄好的。

• 2. 

  V-T 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. 穿 (针)

  例：

  I sit down, thread a needle, snip off an old button.

  我坐下来，穿好针，剪下了一粒旧钮扣。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT The thread of an argument, a story, or a situation is an aspect of it that connects all the different parts together. 主线

  例：

  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。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A thread of something such as liquid, light, or colour is a long thin line or piece of it. 线状物; 一线

  例：

  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。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT 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. 螺纹

  例：

  The screw threads will be able to get a good grip.

  这些螺纹可以咬合得很紧。

• 6. 

  V-T/V-I 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. 穿行

  例：

  Slowly she threaded her way back through the moving mass of bodies.

  她在行人中缓慢穿行，挤了回来。

• 7. 

  V-T If you thread a long thin object through something, you pass it through one or more holes or narrow spaces. 把 (细长物体) 穿进

  例：

  ...threading the laces through the eyelets of his shoes.

  …把鞋带穿进他的鞋眼。

• 8. 

  V-T If you thread small objects such as beads onto a string or thread, you join them together by pushing the string through them. 把 (珠子等) 串起来

  例：

  Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string.

  把蘑菇擦干净，然后把它们串在细绳上。

• 9. 

  N-COUNT On websites such as newsgroups, a thread is one of the subjects that is being written about. (新闻组等网站上的) 话题 [计算机]

  例：

  The dialogues are organized by month so you can go back to previous threads and read them.

  这些对话是按月份编排的，所以你可以找以前的话题来读一读。