thread
- IPA[THred]
美式
- a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving;cotton, nylon, or other fibers spun into long, thin strands and used for sewing
- pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine);pass (a long, thin object or piece of material) through something and into the required position for use
verb: thread, 3rd person present: threads, gerund or present participle: threading, past tense: threaded, past participle: threaded
noun: thread, plural noun: threads
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名詞
- 1. a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving he had a loose thread on his shirt the thread that bound them had snapped
- ▪ cotton, nylon, or other fibers spun into long, thin strands and used for sewing she put her needle and thread away 同義詞
- ▪ literary a long, thin line or piece of something the river was a thread of silver below them 同義詞
- 2. a theme or characteristic, typically forming one of several, running throughout a situation or piece of writing a common thread running through the scandals was the failure to conduct audits 同義詞
- ▪ (in online communication) a sequence of linked posts or messages.
- ▪ a programming structure or process formed by linking a number of separate elements or subroutines, especially each of the tasks executed concurrently in multithreading.
- 3. a helical ridge on the outside of a screw, bolt, etc. or on the inside of a cylindrical hole, to allow two parts to be screwed together.
- 4. North American informal clothes his fine threads and fashionable specs
動詞
- 1. pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine) I can't even thread a needle she threaded up the machine with the right cotton
- ▪ pass (a long, thin object or piece of material) through something and into the required position for use he threaded the rope through a pulley 同義詞
- ▪ put (something) on a thread, chain, etc. that passes through it, especially in such a way as to connect a number of things by passing a thread through each Connie sat threading beads thread the buttons onto a length of cotton 同義詞
- ▪ move carefully or skillfully in and out of obstacles she threaded her way through the tables 同義詞
- ▪ interweave or intersperse as if with threads his hair had become ill-kempt and threaded with gray
- 2. pluck hairs from (the eyebrows or another part of the body) using a twisted cotton thread I had my eyebrows threaded today
- 3. cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, bolt, etc.) we're laser-cutting holes to be threaded for screws
- (of a hole, screw, bolt, etc.) having a screw thread: put the threaded end of the bolt through the hole
Oxford American Dictionary
- (of a hole, screw, bolt, etc.) having a screw thread: put the threaded end of the bolt through the hole
Oxford Dictionary
- a method of hair removal in which unwanted hairs are plucked out by using a twisted cotton thread.
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- a method of hair removal in which unwanted hairs are plucked out by using a twisted cotton thread.
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- a plant of the buttercup family, which yields a yellow dye and is used in herbal medicine as a ...
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- the number of threads in a square inch of fabric, used (frequently with a preceding number) as ... what's the thread count on those sheets? 400-thread-count linens
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- a mark in the form of a thin line made in banknote paper with highly coloured silk fibres to ...
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- a theme or characteristic found in various stories or situations
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英式
- a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving: he had a loose thread on his shirt the thread that bound them had snapped
- pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine): I can't even thread a needle she threaded up the machine with the right cotton
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