1. (尤指用于缝纫的)细线，细丝
    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.

    e.g. This time I'll do it properly with a needle and thread.
           这次，我要用针线将它缝好。
    e.g. ...a tiny Nepalese hat embroidered with golden threads.
           带有金丝线刺绣的尼泊尔小帽

2. 主线;思路;脉络
    The thread of an argument, a story, or a situation is an aspect of it that connects all the different parts together.

    e.g. The thread running through many of these proposals was the theme of individual power and opportunity...
           贯穿这许多提案的主线是个人权力和机遇这一主题。
    e.g. All religions are united by the common threads of fighting evil and helping others...
           所有宗教都因为惩恶助人这一共同主题而联合起来。

3. 线状物;一线
    A thread of something such as liquid, light, or colour is a long thin line or piece of it.

    e.g. A thin, glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill.
           在粗糙不平的水泥窗台上有一条细细的发光水印。
    e.g. ...Venetian glass decorated with embedded threads of white.
           镶嵌有白色线条的彩色装饰玻璃

4. 衣服
    You can refer to clothes as threads .

    e.g. ...a cheap place to pick up natty threads.
           能买到既整洁时髦而又便宜的衣服的去处

5. 螺纹
    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.

    e.g. The screw threads will be able to get a good grip.
           螺纹能牢牢地咬合卡紧。

6. 穿行;曲折穿过;蜿蜒
    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.

    e.g. Slowly she threaded her way back through the moving mass of bodies...
           她从人流中慢慢地挤了回来。
    e.g. ...threading our way past little boats...
           我们在小船中间蜿蜒穿行

7. 使(细长的物体)穿过;使穿进
    If you thread a long thin object through something, you pass it through one or more holes or narrow spaces.

    e.g. ...threading the laces through the eyelets of his shoes...
           把鞋带穿进他的鞋眼
    e.g. Air ducts and electrical cables were threaded through the complex structure...
           通风管和电缆在这幢结构复杂的建筑物中穿过。

8. 将(珠子等)穿起来
    If you thread small objects such as beads onto a string or thread, you join them together by pushing the string through them.

thread的意思

    e.g. Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string.
           把这些蘑菇擦干净，然后用线穿起来。

9. 穿(针)
    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.

    e.g. I sit down, thread a needle, snip off an old button.
           我坐下来，穿好针，剪下一枚旧纽扣。

10. 千钧一发;岌岌可危
    If you say that something is hanging by a thread, you mean that it is in a very uncertain state and is unlikely to survive or succeed.

    e.g. The fragile peace was hanging by a thread as thousands of hardliners took to the streets.
           成千上万的强硬派分子走上街头示威，脆弱的和平局势危在旦夕。

11. (活动中断后)继续下去/(经历失败、霉运后)恢复生机
      If you pick up the threads of an activity, you start it again after an interruption. If you pick up the threads of your life, you become more active again after a period of failure or bad luck.

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      e.g. Many women have been able to pick up the threads of their former career.
             许多女性得以重操旧业。