1N-MASS 纱;纱线;毛线Yarn is thread used for knitting or making cloth. 纱;纱线;毛线
She still spins the yarn and knits sweaters for her family.
她仍然纺纱为家人织毛线衫。
...vegetable-dyed yarns.
用植物染料染过色的纱线
2N-COUNT (经过添油加醋的)奇谈,奇闻轶事 A yarn is a story that someone tells, often a true story with invented details which make it more interesting. (经过添油加醋的)奇谈,奇闻轶事
Doug has a yarn or two to tell me about his trips into the bush.
道格要给我讲几个他到荒野地区旅行的奇遇故事。
3PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect]编造故事;胡诌 If you say that someone spins a yarn, you mean that they tell a story that is not true, often an interesting or imaginative one. 编造故事;胡诌
Rukmeni's a great storyteller, so she'll probably spin them a yarn about some prince or god.
1thread線ADJECTIVE | ... OF YARN | VERB + YARN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤fine, thick細紗;粗紗➤coloured/colored彩紗➤cotton, synthetic, wool, etc.棉紗、人造紗、羊毛紗等... OF YARN➤length, piece一截/一段紗線➤ball一團紗線VERB + YARN➤knit, knit with, spin, weave織紗;紡紗;編織紗線◇The yarn is woven into a coarse fabric.紗線被織成了粗布。➤thread穿紗線◇The yarn has to be threaded through the needle.得把紗線穿進針去。➤dye染紗▸➤use使用紗線PREPOSITION➤in a/the yarn在紗線裏◇There's a knot in the yarn.紗線上有個結。yarn
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2story故事ADJECTIVE | VERB + YARN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤entertaining, good, gripping, rattling, ripping (BrE) 有趣的/好聽的/扣人心弦的/絕妙的/極好的故事◇He went on to spin an entertaining yarn about his army days.他接着給我們杜撰了一個關於他當兵時的有趣故事。◇Galton's life makes a rattling good yarn.高爾頓的人生就是一個扣人心弦的絕妙故事。➤adventure, seafaring冒險/航海故事VERB + YARN➤spin (sb), tell (sb)(給某人)編故事;(給某人)講故事◇He tried to spin us some yarn about how he was collecting for the church. It was all lies.他試圖給我們編一個他如何為教會募捐的故事。那全都是謊言。PREPOSITION➤yarn about關於⋯的故事