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.