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
 
英英释意
- 1. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
 
- 2. any long object resembling a thin line;
 - "a mere ribbon of land"
 - "the lighted ribbon of traffic"
 - "from the air the road was a gray thread"
 - "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
 
- 3. the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together;
 - "I couldn't follow his train of thought"
 - "he lost the thread of his argument"
 
- 4. the raised helical rib going around a screw