英语词汇“thread-paper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

thread-paper

释义

thread /thred/

noun

A very thin line of any substance, esp linen or cotton, twisted or drawn out
Several strands of yarn twisted together for sewing
A filament
A fibre
(in pl) clothes (slang)
The prominent spiral part of a screw
A continuous connecting element in a story, argument, etc
A thin seam of coal or vein of ore
A series of postings on an Internet message board, each concerning the same subject

transitive verb

To pass a thread through
To string on a thread
To pass through, make (one's way) through (a narrow way, a crowd, obstacles, etc)
To fit or supply with a thread

intransitive verb

(of boiling syrup) to form a fine strand when poured

adjective

Made of linen or cotton thread

ORIGIN: OE thrǣd; cf throw¹, thraw

threadˈen adjective (Shakespeare)

Made of thread

threadˈer noun

threadˈiness noun

threadˈlike adjective

threadˈy adjective (threadˈier; threadˈiest)

Like thread or threads
Slender
Containing or consisting of thread
(of the pulse) barely perceptible (medicine)

threadˈbare adjective

Worn to the bare thread
Having the nap worn off
Poor or meagre
Shabby
Hackneyed
Used until its novelty or interest is gone

threadˈbareness noun

threadˈ-cell noun

(in jellyfishes, etc) a stinging cell that throws out a stinging thread

thread count noun

A measure of the coarseness or fineness of fabric, corresponding to the total number of warp and weft threads in one square inch

threadˈfin noun

Any small, spiny-finned tropical fish of the family Polynemidae, with five threads on its pectoral fins

threadˈ-lace noun

Lace made of linen thread

threadˈmaker noun

thread mark noun

A coloured thread incorporated in banknotes to make counterfeiting difficult

threadˈ-paper noun

A piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread

thread vein noun

A very fine vein on the surface of the skin, esp on the face

threadˈworm noun

Any member of the Nematoda, a phylum of more or less threadlike worms, many of which are parasitic, esp Oxyuris vermicularis, parasitic in the human rectum

hang by a thread see under hang

thread and thrum

All, the good and bad together

thread of life (Gr myth)

The thread imagined to be spun and cut by the Fates

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