单词 | yarn |
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音标 | 英[jɑ:n] 美[jɑrn] |
解释 | n.纱,线;(尤指)毛线;故事;(旅行)轶事;vi.讲故事; |
例句 | N-MASS 纱;纱线;毛线 Yarn is thread used for knitting or making cloth. 例:She still spins the yarn and knits sweaters for her family.她仍然纺纱为家人织毛线衫。 例:...vegetable-dyed yarns.用植物染料染过色的纱线 N-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. 例: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。 PHRASE 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. 例: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。 |
变形 | third:yarns~done:yarned~pl:yarns~ing:yarning~past:yarned~ |
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