thread

糸

縫い物や布作りに使う、綿などでできた細長い糸。

やさしい英語で： A long, thin piece of cotton or similar material used for sewing or making cloth.

• I need some red thread.
• She cut the thread after sewing on the button.
• Several loose threads hung from his sleeve.

類義語： sewing cotton, yarn

よく使う表現： cotton thread, sewing thread, thread and needle, silk thread

スレッド

ネット上で、一つの話題についての最初の投稿と、その返信をまとめたもの。

やさしい英語で： A group of online messages about one subject, including the first message and its replies.

• I read the whole thread.
• She started a thread about cheap hotels.
• Several people replied to my thread yesterday.

類義語： discussion, conversation

よく使う表現： discussion thread, thread about something, start a thread

ねじ山

ねじを回して固定できるようにする、らせん状の出っ張りや対応する溝。

やさしい英語で： A raised line around a screw, or a matching groove, that lets it turn into place.

• The thread on this bolt is damaged.
• Turn the nut slowly to protect the thread.
• These screws have very fine threads.

よく使う表現： screw thread, internal thread, damaged thread

細糸、繊維

クモの巣の糸のような、物質の非常に細長い部分。

やさしい英語で： A very thin length of material, such as a strand in a spider’s web.

• A spider hung from a thin thread.
• Fine threads of glass caught the light.
• The web had several broken threads.

類義語： filament, strand

よく使う表現： thread of silk, glass thread, metal thread

スレッド

プログラムの一部で、他の部分と同時に実行できる処理の単位。

やさしい英語で： One part of a computer program that runs while other parts can also run.

• The program starts a new thread.
• Two threads update the screen at the same time.
• A background thread handles incoming messages.

よく使う表現： background thread, worker thread, thread execution

すり抜ける

狭い場所や、行く手を邪魔する物の間を注意深く進むこと。

やさしい英語で： To move carefully through a narrow space or between things that are in the way.

• We threaded through the crowd.
• She threaded her way between the tables.
• A small boat threaded through the rocks.

使い方： thread through something (The cyclist threaded through the traffic.); thread your way through something (We threaded our way through the crowded market.)

類義語： weave, wind

よく使う表現： thread through something, thread between something, thread your way

糸で脱毛する

ねじった細い綿糸で顔の毛を抜く。

やさしい英語で： To remove hair from the face using a twisted loop of thin cotton.

• She threads eyebrows at the salon.
• I had my upper lip threaded yesterday.
• Does it hurt when they thread your eyebrows?

よく使う表現： thread eyebrows, thread facial hair

糸にする

材料を細く途切れない糸の形にすること。

やさしい英語で： To form material into a thin, continuous strand.

• The workers thread the fibers into a thin strand.
• She threaded the wool by twisting it carefully.
• The material can be threaded into a continuous cord.

類義語： spin

よく使う表現： thread the fibers, thread the wool