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单词 thready
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Definition of thready in English:

thready

adjectivethreadier, threadiest ˈθrɛdiˈθrɛdi
  • 1Relating to or resembling a thread.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her hair was blonde and thready, and wrinkles covered a face that might have been pretty one day, a long time ago.
    • That huge neon glow comes out as a thin, thready coloured tube and nothing like what they saw that night.
    Synonyms
    viscous, gelatinous, viscid, sticky, glutinous, mucilaginous, thick
  • 2(of a sound, especially the voice) scarcely audible.

    he managed a thready whisper
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Joe's voice was thready, his eyes glass-green.
    • Her voice is faint and thready, and it is easy to imagine her propped up against the pillows in her Thirsk home, struggling to find the strength to continue.
    1. 2.1Medicine (of a person's pulse) scarcely perceptible.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The tongue is red, and there is a rapid thready pulse.
      • A weak, thready pulse and pulsus alternans are associated with decreased left ventricular function.
      • His pulse was weak, thready, and rapid, his extremities were cold and he was perspiring.
      • She is hyperventilating, her pulse is racing and thready.
      • Her pulse was thready, and she was in severe need of a doctor.

Rhymes

already, Eddie, eddy, Freddie, heady, neddy, oven-ready, ready, reddy, steady, teddy
 
 

Definition of thready in US English:

thready

adjectiveˈTHredēˈθrɛdi
  • 1Relating to or resembling a thread.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her hair was blonde and thready, and wrinkles covered a face that might have been pretty one day, a long time ago.
    • That huge neon glow comes out as a thin, thready coloured tube and nothing like what they saw that night.
    Synonyms
    viscous, gelatinous, viscid, sticky, glutinous, mucilaginous, thick
  • 2(of a sound, especially the voice) scarcely audible.

    he managed a thready whisper
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Joe's voice was thready, his eyes glass-green.
    • Her voice is faint and thready, and it is easy to imagine her propped up against the pillows in her Thirsk home, struggling to find the strength to continue.
    1. 2.1Medicine (of a person's pulse) scarcely perceptible.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her pulse was thready, and she was in severe need of a doctor.
      • She is hyperventilating, her pulse is racing and thready.
      • The tongue is red, and there is a rapid thready pulse.
      • His pulse was weak, thready, and rapid, his extremities were cold and he was perspiring.
      • A weak, thready pulse and pulsus alternans are associated with decreased left ventricular function.
 
 
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