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yarn n.纱；线；<口>故事v.讲故事 (1) 裁缝正在把线缠成线团。(2) 我们讲故事一直讲到半夜才睡。(3) 老水手喜欢讲他的海上奇遇。 Yarn is made from fibers, and it comes in many colors. When you knit, you weave yarn with needles and end up with a pot holder or a pair of mittens. Another kind of yarn is a long story that's told out loud. You might, in fact, tell your friend a yarn while you crochet an afghan with yarn. The Old English root word, gearn, means "spun fibers," but it comes from the Proto-Indo-European ghere, or "intestine."

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英 [jɑːn] 美 [jɑːrn] (1) The tailor was balling the yarn.(2) We stayed up yarning until midnight.(3) The old mariner liked to yarn about his sea adventures. If you want to knit a hat, you're going to need yarn, the thick string made of twisted threads that's used to make sweaters, scarves, socks and other knitted things. 1[N-MASS 物质名词]纱；纱线；毛线 Yarn is thread used for knitting or making cloth. 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2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（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. 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。3[PHRASE 短语]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.   [V and N inflect]Rukmeni's a great storyteller, so she'll probably spin them a yarn about some prince or god.鲁克马尼非常善于讲故事，她有可能给他们编个什么王子或神的故事。

英语单词	yarn
英美音标	英 [jɑːn] 美 [jɑːrn]
中文释义	n.纱；线；<口>故事 v.讲故事
英语例句	(1) The tailor was balling the yarn. (2) We stayed up yarning until midnight. (3) The old mariner liked to yarn about his sea adventures.
中文例句	(1) 裁缝正在把线缠成线团。 (2) 我们讲故事一直讲到半夜才睡。 (3) 老水手喜欢讲他的海上奇遇。
vocabulary简明	If you want to knit a hat, you're going to need yarn, the thick string made of twisted threads that's used to make sweaters, scarves, socks and other knitted things.
vocabulary扩展	Yarn is made from fibers, and it comes in many colors. When you knit, you weave yarn with needles and end up with a pot holder or a pair of mittens. Another kind of yarn is a long story that's told out loud. You might, in fact, tell your friend a yarn while you crochet an afghan with yarn. The Old English root word, gearn, means "spun fibers," but it comes from the Proto-Indo-European ghere, or "intestine."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-MASS 物质名词]纱；纱线；毛线 Yarn is thread used for knitting or making cloth. 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 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（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. 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。 3 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V and N inflect] Rukmeni's a great storyteller, so she'll probably spin them a yarn about some prince or god. 鲁克马尼非常善于讲故事，她有可能给他们编个什么王子或神的故事。

Yarn Story Made Make Spins 英 Jɑːn] 美 Jɑːrn