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单词 thread
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
thread /θrɛd/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Textilesa thin, fine cord of fiber spun out to great length: [uncountable]I need some thread to sew a button back on.[countable]Some threads are coming off your sleeve.
  2. Building the raised line on the long part of a screw:[countable]The threads had been stripped and the screw was useless.
  3. something that runs through the whole course of a thing, as a narrative, connecting parts in sequence:[countable]I lost the thread of the story in all the confusion.
  4. Slang Terms threads, [plural] clothes:I love your threads!

v. 
  1. to pass the end of a thread through the eye of (a needle):[+ object]to thread a needle.
  2. [+ object] to fix or attach (beads, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through;
    string.
  3. Textiles[+ object] to place and arrange thread, etc., in position on (a sewing machine, loom, etc.).
  4. to pass (tape, etc.) through or into a narrow opening:[+ object]He threaded the film into the projector and started the movie.
  5. to ornament with threads:[+ object]silk threaded with gold.
  6. to make (one's way), as past or around things or people that block or get in the way: [+ object]threaded his way through the crowd.[no object]He threaded through the crowd.
thread•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
thread  (thred),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Textilesa fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, esp. when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
  2. Textilestwisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing.
  3. Textilesone of the lengths of yarn forming the warp or weft of a woven fabric.
  4. a filament or fiber of glass or other ductile substance.
  5. Textiles[Ropemaking.]
    • any of a number of fibers twisted into a yarn.
    • a yarn, esp. as enumerated in describing small stuff.
  6. something having the fineness or slenderness of a filament, as a thin continuous stream of liquid, a fine line of color, or a thin seam of ore:a thread of smoke.
  7. Buildingthe helical ridge of a screw.
  8. that which runs through the whole course of something, connecting successive parts:I lost the thread of the story.
  9. something conceived as being spun or continuously drawn out, as the course of life fabled to be spun, measured, and cut by the Fates.
  10. Computinga series of posts on a newsgroup dealing with the same subject.
  11. Slang Terms threads, clothes.

v.t. 
  1. to pass the end of a thread through the eye of (a needle).
  2. to fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through;
    string.
  3. to pass continuously through the whole course of (something);
    pervade:A joyous quality threaded the whole symphony.
  4. to make one's way through (a narrow passage, forest, crowd, etc.).
  5. to make (one's way) thus:He threaded his way through the crowd.
  6. to form a thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
  7. Textilesto place and arrange thread, yarn, etc., in position on (a sewing machine, loom, textile machine, etc.).

v.i. 
  1. to thread one's way, as through a passage or between obstacles:They threaded carefully along the narrow pass.
  2. to move in a threadlike course;
    wind or twine.
  3. Food[Cookery.](of boiling syrup) to form a fine thread when poured from a spoon.
  • bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English threed, Old English thrǣd; cognate with Dutch draad, German Draht, Old Norse thrathr wire; (verb, verbal) Middle English threeden, derivative of the noun, nominal See throw
threader, n. 
threadless, adj. 
threadlike′, adj. 

thread, +n. 
  1. Computinga series of posts on a newsgroup dealing with the same subject.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
thread /θrɛd/ n
  1. a fine strand, filament or fibre of some material
  2. a fine cord of twisted filaments, esp of cotton, used in sewing, weaving, etc
  3. any of the filaments of which a spider's web is made
  4. any fine line, stream, mark, or piece
  5. a helical groove in a cylindrical hole (female thread), formed by a tap or lathe tool, or a helical ridge on a cylindrical bar, rod, shank, etc (male thread), formed by a die or lathe tool
  6. a very thin seam of coal or vein of ore
  7. something acting as the continuous link or theme of a whole: the thread of the story
  8. the course of an individual's life believed in Greek mythology to be spun, measured, and cut by the Fates
vb
  1. (transitive) to pass (thread, film, magnetic tape, etc) through (something)
  2. (transitive) to string on a thread: she threaded the beads
  3. to make (one's way) through or over (something)
  4. (transitive) to produce a screw thread by cutting, rolling, tapping, or grinding
  5. (transitive) to pervade: hysteria threaded his account
  6. (intransitive) (of boiling syrup) to form a fine thread when poured from a spoon

See also threadsEtymology: Old English thrǣd; related to Old Frisian thrēd, Old High German drāt, Old Norse thrāthr thread

ˈthreader n ˈthreadˌlike adj
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