thread

英 [θred] 美[θrɛd]
  • n. 线;螺纹;思路;衣服;线状物;玻璃纤维;路线
  • vt. 穿过;穿线于;使交织
  • vi. 通过;穿透过

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词态变化


复数: threads;第三人称单数: threads;过去式: threaded;现在分词: threading;

中文词源


thread 线,线索,脉络

来自古英语 thraed,线,绳索,来自 Proto-Germanic*threduz,纺线,编线,来自 PIE*tere,弯, 转,编织,词源同 turn,throw.引申词义线索,脉络等。

英文词源


thread
thread: [OE] A thread is etymologically something ‘twisted’. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *thrǣthuz, which was derived from the base *thrǣ- ‘twist’ (source also of English throw). Other descendants of *thrǣthuz include Dutch draad, Swedish tråd, and Danish traad ‘thread’ and German draht ‘wire’.
=> throw
thread (n.)
Old English þræd "fine cord, especially when twisted" (related to þrawan "to twist"), from Proto-Germanic *thredu- "twisted yarn" (cognates: Old Saxon thrad, Old Frisian thred, Middle Dutch draet, Dutch draad, Old High German drat, German Draht, Old Norse þraðr), literally "twisted," from suffixed form of PIE root *tere- (1) "to rub, rub by turning, turn" (see throw (v.)). Meaning "spiral ridge of a screw" is from 1670s. Threads, slang for "clothes" is 1926, American English.
The silk line, as spun by the worm, is about the 5000th part of an inch thick; but a spider's line is perhaps six times finer, or only the 30,000th part of an inch in diameter, insomuch, that a single pound of this attenuated substance might be sufficient to encompass our globe. [John Leslie, "Elements of Natural Philosophy," Edinburgh, 1823]
thread (v.)
"to put thread through a needle," mid-14c., from thread (n.); in reference to film cameras from 1913. The dancing move called thread the needle is attested from 1844. Related: Threaded; threading.

双语例句


1. 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。

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2. She idly pulled at a loose thread on her skirt.
她无聊地扯着裙子上一根松掉的线头。

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3. A ratchet mechanism transfers the thread from spool to bobbin.
一种棘齿装置把线从线轴转到梭心上。

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4. 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。

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5. 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。

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