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Picture a single long, very thin strand of cotton or silk — the kind you with. It is fine, it is continuous, and it runs in a line from one end to the other. Every other meaning is some version of that thin, continuous line, or the act of passing it through a small opening.
可以想成一條又長又細的棉線或絲線——縫衣服用的那種。它很細、不間斷，從這頭連到那頭拉成一條線。其他所有意思，都是這條…更多收起
可以想成一條又長又細的棉線或絲線——縫衣服用的那種。它很細、不間斷，從這頭連到那頭拉成一條線。其他所有意思，都是這條「細而連續的線」的某種變化，或是「把這條線穿過小孔」的動作。原始詞典資料25 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
threadnoun/ˈθɹɛd/
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A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
- Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility.
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businessmanufacturingtextilesA piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
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Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
- the threads of a spiderweb
- He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.
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A slender stream of water.
- a thread of water
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The line midway between the banks of a stream.
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engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA screw thread.
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The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
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An ordered course, that which connects the successive points in a discourse.
- I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.
- I was pondering these things, when an incident, and a somewhat unexpected one, broke the thread of my musings.
另外 6 個記錄的用法
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An ordered course, that which connects the successive points in a discourse.
- All of these essays have a common thread.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
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A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
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A sequence of connections.
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A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
- a life hanging by a thread
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obsoleteThe degree of fineness; quality; nature.
- A neat courtier, / Of a most elegant thread.
threadverb/ˈθɹɛd/
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To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
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To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
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To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
- to thread through narrow passages
- I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.
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To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
- He threaded his way through legal entanglements.
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To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
- And when the Miners by theſe Shafts or Adits do ſtrike or threed a Vein of any Metal […] then the Metal which is digged […] is called Oar […]
- Tom out here will have leave to thrid you with bullets.
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To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
- [...] the urban landscape threaded with parks and trees to the horizon. The enormous sky over that flat line dazzled clear blue or filled with towers of cumulus clouds.
- [...] dark hair threaded with gray pulled back from a face still beautiful in spite of clear evidence of the passage of time.
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To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
- Coordinate term: tap
- to thread a bolt
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To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
- to thread your eyebrows and trim them
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film.
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To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
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Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。