thread

• n. 糸; 糸通し; 思考; 衣服; 糸切れ; 繊維; ルート
• vt.通り抜ける；糸を通す；織り込ませる
• vi. 通り抜ける；貫通する

古英語のthraed、糸、ロープから、原ゲルマン語*threduz、紡ぐ、編む、PIE*tere、曲げる、回す、編む、語源的にはturn、throwと同じ。

thread

thread: [OE] A thread is etymologically something ‘twisted’. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *thr?thuz, which was derived from the base *thr?- ‘twist’ (source also of English throw). Other descendants of *thr?thuz include Dutch draad, Swedish tr?d, and Danish traad ‘thread’ and German draht ‘wire’.
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thread (n.)

Old English tr?d "fine cord, especially when twisted" (related to trawan "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 traer), 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.

1. A thin，glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill.

ざらざらしたセメント窓台に細い発光透かしがある。

2.She idly pulled at a loose thread on her skirt.

彼女はスカートの上の緩んだ糸の頭を退屈そうに引っ張っていた。

3.A ratchet mechanism transfers the thread from spool to bobbin.

ラチェット装置は糸をスプールからボビンに回転させる。

4.I sit down， thread a needle，snip off an old button.

私は座って、針を着て、古いボタンを切った。

5.Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string.

これらのきのこを拭き取り、糸で通す。