English Dictionary

thread of life

名詞

ギリシャ語 詩語

(Greek mythology) A metaphor for the lifespan of an individual, as generated by Clotho, measured out by Lachesis and terminated by Atropos. / (poetic) DNA. / The link of inheritance from past to present.

日本語の意味

神話において、個人の寿命（運命）が織りなす糸として示される意味。 / 詩的な表現として、DNAまたは遺伝子の比喩。 / 過去から現代への血統や、文化・遺産の連続性を象徴する意味。

Legend said the old spinner held in her hands the thread of life for every newborn, measuring and counting each fate.

伝説によれば、老いた紡ぎ手は生まれたばかりの子供一人ひとりの命の糸を手に持ち、それぞれの運命を測って数えているという。

意味（1）

(Greek mythology) A metaphor for the lifespan of an individual, as generated by Clotho, measured out by Lachesis and terminated by Atropos.

意味（2）

(poetic) DNA.

His book also tells of the intense competition between various research workers and groups during the years in which the secrets of the spiral thread of life were finally unravelled.

意味（3）

The link of inheritance from past to present.

DOWN the unimaginable corridors of geologic time the thread of life has passed from generation to generation, ever varying but unbroken.

意味（4）

Destiny, fate.

Argo, their thred of life is ſpun.

threads of life （ plural ）