n.

1. 线[C][U]
   Please give me a piece of thread.

   请给我一段线。

2. 线状物；一线，一丝[C]
   a thread of hope

   一线希望

3. 头绪，思路；贯穿着的东西[C]
   I must have skipped a page, because I lost the thread of the story.

   我一定跳过了一页，因为我弄不清故事的脉络了。

4. 螺纹[C]
5. 【电脑】线程

vt.

1. 穿（针、线等）
   She threaded the needle for her grandmother.

   她为祖母穿针。

2. 装胶卷于[（+onto）]
3. 穿（珍珠等）；把……穿成一串[（+together）]
   The girl threaded the shells together.

   女孩把一些贝壳穿成一串。

4. 通，通过；穿过[（+with/through）]
   The hikers threaded their way through the thick forest.

   徒步旅行者穿过茂密的森林。

5. 使交织[（+with）]
6. 刻螺纹于

vi.

1. 通过；穿透过[（+through）]

n.

1. a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.
2. a long thin line.
3. (also screw thread) a helical ridge on the outside of a screw, bolt, etc. or on the inside of a cylindrical hole, to allow two parts to be screwed together.
4. a theme or characteristic running throughout a situation or piece of writing.
   ▸Computing  a group of linked messages posted on the Internet that share a common theme.
   ▸Computing  a programming structure or process formed by linking a number of separate elements or subroutines.
5. (threads) informal, chiefly N. Amer. clothes.

v.

1. pass a thread through (a needle).
   ▸pass (a thread) through something and into the required position for use.
   ▸put (beads or other objects) on a thread.
2. move or weave in and out of obstacles.
3. [usu. as adj. threaded] cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, or other object).