1 [C,U] a long thin piece of cotton, wool, etc that you use for sewing or making cloth (用棉、羊毛等制成的)线:
a needle and thread针线☞picture at cable 见cable插图
2 [C] the connection between ideas, the parts of a story, etc 线索;脉络;条理;思路:
I've lost the thread of this argument.我忘记了这个论点的脉络。
thread²
/θred ||; θrɛd/verb[T]
1 to put sth long and thin, especially thread, through a narrow opening or hole 把线等穿过窄孔:
to thread a needle把线穿过针孔He threaded the belt through the loops on the trousers.他将皮带穿进裤襻。
2 to join things together by putting them onto a string, etc 用线等穿起来
thread your way through sth to move through sth with difficulty, going around things or people that are in your way 挤过某物或人群