The thread running through many of these proposals was the theme of individual power and opportunity...

Many women have been able to pick up the threads of their former career.

许多女性得以重操旧业。

a robe embroidered with gold thread

用金线绣的长袍

...Venetian glass decorated with embedded threads of white.

镶嵌有白色线条的彩色装饰玻璃

This time I'll do it properly with a needle and thread.

这次，我要用针线将它缝好。

to thread cotton through a needle

用棉线纫针

A tiny wire is threaded through a vein to the heart.

一根细金属丝从静脉里穿到心脏。

Air ducts and electrical cables were threaded through the complex structure...

通风管和电缆在这幢结构复杂的建筑物中穿过。

I lost the thread of the argument (= I could no longer follow it) .

我再跟不上这论证的思路了。

The author skilfully draws together the different threads of the plot.

作者娴熟地把情节的各种线索串联在一起。

a robe threaded with gold and silver

用金银线缝的长袍

to thread a needle (with cotton)

（用棉线）纫针

the delicate threads of a spider's web

蜘蛛网的纤丝

to thread beads (onto a string)

（在绳子上）把珠子串起来

It took me a long time to thread my way through the crowd.

我花了很长时间才从人群中挤过去。

Slowly she threaded her way back through the moving mass of bodies...

她从人流中慢慢地挤了回来。

A common thread runs through these discussions.

这些讨论都贯穿着一条共同的主线。

All religions are united by the common threads of fighting evil and helping others...

所有宗教都因为惩恶助人这一共同主题而联合起来。

...a cheap place to pick up natty threads.

能买到既整洁时髦而又便宜的衣服的去处

...threading our way past little boats...

我们在小船中间蜿蜒穿行

The screw threads will be able to get a good grip.

螺纹能牢牢地咬合卡紧。