| 釋義 |
threadn. i.e. thread of life線，（指）生命之線。
△Oth.5.2. 203 (205):“and pure grief / Shore his old thread intwain.”過度的悲傷剪斷了他那衰朽的生命之線。
Phrases:
thread and thrum: warp and the loose ends of thewarp; here,the complete thread of life（紡織機上的）經(jīng)線與亂線頭；（比喻）全部生命之線。
△Mid. 5.1. 293 (286):“Cut thread and thrum，”把生命之線一刀兩斷吧。
thread of life: alluding to the Fates,three goddesseswho respectively spin,measure,and cut the thread oflife (指命運三女神所紡出、計量和剪斷的)生命之線。
△1H. VI.1. 1. 33:“Had not churchmen prayed,/ His thread oflife had not so soon decayed. ” (prayed: punning onpreyed.)要不是教會人員祈禱(雙關(guān)：折磨)，他的生命之線還不會這么快就糟掉呢。
threadvt. pass through (as a thread through the eyeof a needle),traverse （像一根線穿過針眼似的）穿過，越過。
△Lr. 2. 1. 121 (119): “Thus out of season,threadingdark-eyed night.” i. e. traversing the darkness ofnight. 這樣不合時宜，穿針眼似的穿過了黑夜。 thread[θred]n.思路，線索，主線
◇ hang by a thread 千鈞一發(fā)
have not a dry thread on sb.渾身濕透
resume the thread of a story 到正題
‖ thread-bound Chinese book 中文線裝書
threading palm in crouch step 仆步穿掌 |