thread/θred/

n

1. C,U 线；丝

• She sewed this dress with silk thread. 她用丝线缝制了这件衣服。

• a needle and thread 针线

2. 用作单 线索；脉络；条理

• I lost the thread of his argument. 我弄不清他论点的脉络。

3. C 文 一丝；一线

• a thread of light 一线光明

4. C 螺纹

5. [～s] 主美旧 衣服

• We went shopping and got some threads. 我们上街购物，买了些衣服。

词组hang by (或on, upon) a thread 千钧一发

• Their lives were hanging on a thread. 他们的生命岌岌可危。

lose (或miss) the thread 失去头绪

• I had lost my thread and didn't know what to say next. 我断了头绪，不知道接下去该说什么。

pick up the thread(s) (中断后)再继续下去

• He tried to pick up the threads of his career. 他试图继续从事他的事业。