thread

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. (尤指用於縫紉的) 線

This time I'll do it right with a spool of thread. 這次我會用一軸線把它弄好的。

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 (針)

I sit down, thread a needle, snip off an old button. 我坐下來，穿好針，剪下了一粒舊鈕釦。

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. 主線

The thread running through many of these proposals was the theme of individual power and opportunity. 貫穿衆多提案的主線，是個人權力與機遇的主題。

4. N-COUNT A thread of something such as liquid, light, or colour is a long thin line or piece of it. 線狀物; 一線

A thin, glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill. 一條細細亮亮的水印爬過粗糙的水泥窗台。

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. 螺紋

The screw threads will be able to get a good grip. 這些螺紋可以咬郃得很緊。

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

Slowly she threaded her way back through the moving mass of bodies. 她在行人中緩慢穿行，擠了廻來。

7. V-T If you thread a long thin object through something, you pass it through one or more holes or narrow spaces. 把 (細長物躰) 穿進

...threading the laces through the eyelets of his shoes. …把鞋帶穿進他的鞋眼。

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) 串起來

Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string. 把蘑菇擦乾淨，然後把它們串在細繩上。

9. N-COUNT On websites such as newsgroups, a thread is one of the subjects that is being written about. (新聞組等網站上的) 話題[計算機]

The dialogues are organized by month so you can go back to previous threads and read them. 這些對話是按月份編排的，所以你可以找以前的話題來讀一讀。