thought immediately; without stopping to think about sth
further iiBP; ^j±; He
dived in after her
without a second thought.
— more at collect v., food, pause n., penny, perish,
SCHOOL n., TRAIN WISH /?.
thought-crime /‘0o:tkraim/ noun [U, C] an idea or opinion
that is considered socially unacceptable or criminal
M & ) MdlWIfll From George Orwell’s
novel Nineteen
Eighty-Four. •
JUE&ft&MIl <-7lAIB) .
thoughtful
/'0a:tfl/
adj. 1 quiet, because you are thinking fit Jg (ft ; W- S (ft ; Jg # (ft : He looked thoughtful. o
0 They
sat in thoughtful
silence, ifaiitfUSAtoo 2 (approving) showing that you
think about and care for other people A M (ft; A >|> $lj A (ft ; A#I (ft EFTCI CONSIDERATE, KIND : It WCLS very
thoughtful of you to send the flowers. i®
f| H M] M o 3 showing signs of
careful thought git $7®, # M (ft; (ft : a player who has a
thoughtful
approach to the game ftIt&fKMfiff&MX'llfc M ► thought ful ly /-fali/ adv. : Martin looked at her thoughtfully. S) T ^ 0r Jg M If M» o She used the
towel thoughtfully provided
by her host. 7± A#,H
thought ful ness noun [U]
thought-less /*0o:tlas/ adj. (disapproving) not caring about the
possible effects of your words or actions on other people ; A # ft ES23
inconsiderate : a thoughtless remark A # it (ft ► thought less ly adv. thought-less-ness noun [U] 'thought police noun [pi.] a group of
people who are seen as trying to control people’s ideas and stop them from
having their own opinions M iA A K 0
emASSL )
thought-provoking adj. making people think
seriously about a particular subject or issue A %
(ft; 3IA«lft
thou sand 0-w /‘0auznd/ number {abbr. K)
1
1 000 — A IINIJ You say a, one, two,
etc. thou
sand without a final ‘s’
on ‘thousand’. Thousands (of ...) can be used if there is no number or quantity
before it. Always use a plural verb with thousand or thousands, except when an
amount of money is mentioned .- Four thousand (people)
are expected to attend, o Two thousand (pounds) was withdrawn from the account. * thousand
%iaj a, one, two jgffiAjJPSo gff@ afcffcl:, Ojffi thousands (of...) 0 M , thousand ffl
thousands IfyWilLWi.
zjfj is] . Four thousand
(people) are expected to attend. 0 Two thousand (pounds) was withdrawn
from the account.
2
a thousand or thousands (of ...) (usually informal) a large number (U iHt
(ft; fi£7±77£ft;
There were thousands of people there. UP It W 7-t 77 3 the thousands the numbers from l 000
to 9 999 * 1 000
m
9 999 |0] Mffc g ; 7ft $:
The
cost ran into the thousands. J&A&f^fttL kNU There are more
examples of how to use numbers at the entry for hundred. hundred &„ flTfTTi see
BAT V.
.Thousand .Island dressing noun [u] a cold pink
sauce, served with salad or seafood
7$f®r (
thou sandth 0-w /'0aozn0/ ordinal number, noun m ordinal number l 000th H^7: the
city’s thousandth anniversary &®:$T|J(ft—7i^7£E:& m noun each of one
thousand parts of sth 7 ft ~2- ~*: a/one thousandth of a second
thrall /0ro:l/ noun 1771771 in (sb’s/sth’s) thrall | in thrall to sb/sth (literary) controlled or
strongly influenced by sb/sthg -gfrj; thrash /0rsej/ verb, noun
• verb 1 [VN] to hit a
person or an animal many times with a stick, etc. as a punishment ( fp A fi!7
m
n, aaa beat 2 ~ (sth) (about/
around) to move or make sth move in a violent or uncontrolled
way (
Someone was thrashing around in the water, obviously
in trouble. Aft7kSft#ft, TiK. o
[VN] A
whale was thrashing the
water with its tail. —
ttifflIGiAo O She thrashed her head from side to
side,
PA
(A 5:1 nJTTTTO .thrash sth~ out to
discuss a situation or
problem thoroughly in order to decide sth )
■
noun 1 [U] a type of loud rock music 7 2 [C] (old-fashioned, informal) a party with music and dancing
thrash ing /‘0raej*m/ noun 1 an act of hitting sb very hard,
especially with a stick ® fl; MfJ: to give
sb/get a thrashing M fT ^ A — ® 7 — ^ M
fT
2 (informal) a severe defeat in a game ( ) A5B(,
1«
thread o-w /0red/ noun, verb
3
noun 1 [U, C] a thin string
of cotton, wool, silk, etc. used
for sewing or making
cloth ( $$, a
needle and thread ffAA 0 a robe embroidered with gold thread 0 the delicate threads of a spider’s
web —picture
o knitting, rope 2 [C] an
idea or a feature that is
part <?f sth greater; an idea that connects the different parts of sth i%%\
I'M#;
S
M ± ^
: A common thread
runs through these discussions. — W 0
The
author skilfully draws together the different threads
oftheplot.ft%MmM^^M&Wmm%MfE-feo
o
1
lost the thread of the argument (= I could no longer
follow it). 3 [C] ~ (of sth) a
long thin line of sth |$ — A: A. thread of
light emerged from the keyhole. TAMBIMMi±5—
4
[C] (computing if) a series of
connected messages on a message board on the Internet which
have been sent by different people ( S®(p«]g
fall-, l^ill 5 [C] the raised
line that runs around the length of a screw and that allows it to be fixed in
place by twisting W& — picture □> tool 6 threads [pi.] (iold-fashioned, NAmE, slang) clothes A M ilTTTTI see hang v., pick v.
4
verb 1 [VN, usually +adv./prep.]
to pass sth long and
thin, especially thread,
through a narrow opening or hole ^F(ff);£/J(lt);f?M:
to thread a
needle (with cotton) ( ) guff o to thread cotton through
a needle O A tiny wire is threaded through a
vein to the heart. — fit ^ JS & 7A #
)fck S “U PJ <£> J®.
2
[+adv./prep.] to move or make sth move through a
narrow space, avoiding
things that are in the way ( ) fFil;
iiM; EEC! pick your
way: [v] The
waiters threaded between the crowded tables.
H
^ A it
IeO o O [VN] It took me a long time to thread my way through the crowd. !£?£7AIA:N‘|0]^“/A A#cf,^MAo 3 [VN] to
join two or more objects together by passing sth long and thin through them W
to thread
beads (onto a string) ( fEM 4 [VN] to pass film,
tape, string, etc. through parts of a piece of equipment so that it is ready to
use ( Rtf, &&%)
5 [VN] [usually
passive] to sew or twist a
particular type of thread into sthffj - ^gt; jfi■ • ■ ^^A: a robe threaded with gold and silver ilft-feffi
thread-bare /'0redbea(r); NAmE -ber/ adj. 1 (of cloth, clothing, etc. AM%) old and
thin because it has
been used a lot W IB 1$; JtfM ;
$gfT#)
having a thread n.(5)
'thread
vein noun a very thin vein, especially one that can be seen
through the skin ( )
thread-worm /'0redw3im; NAmE -W3:rm/ noun a small thin worm that
lives in the intestines of humans
and animals 3&A threat o-» /©ret/ noun
1
[C, U] - (to do sth) a statement in which you tell sb that you will punish or
harm them, especially if they do