yarn

英 [jɑːn]

美 [jɑːrn]

n.  纱; 纱线; (尤指夸张的或编造的)故事
vi.  讲故事

复数：yarns　现在分词：yarning　过去式：yarned　第三人称单数：yarns　过去分词：yarned　

TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8化学

Collins.1 / BNC.5204 / COCA.11457

习惯用语

n.

pitch a story/line/yarn (to sb)
• （对某人）编谎话
  to tell sb a story or make an excuse that is not true

牛津词典

noun

• 纱；纱线
  thread that has been spun, used for knitting, making cloth, etc.
• （尤指夸张的或编造的）故事
  a long story, especially one that is exaggerated or invented
  1. He used to spin yarns (= tell stories) about his time in the Army.
     他过去经常编造一些有关他在部队时的离奇故事。

柯林斯词典

• N-MASS 纱;纱线;毛线
  Yarnis thread used for knitting or making cloth.
  1. She still spins the yarn and knits sweaters for her family.
     她仍然纺纱为家人织毛线衫。
  2. ...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
  Ayarnis a story that someone tells, often a true story with invented details which make it more interesting.
  1. 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 someonespins a yarn, you mean that they tell a story that is not true, often an interesting or imaginative one.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
  Synonym:thread
• the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
  1. his narration was hesitant
  Synonym:narrationrecital

verb

• tell or spin a yarn

双语例句

• He set her in a room with only a loom and some yarn.
  他在有织布机和仅一些毛线的一间屋子里设置了她。
• A machine for spinning yarn and thread.
  用来纺织纱线和细丝的机器。
• The variety without the need for compact yarn and problems in compact spinning transformation were analyzed concretely.
  具体分析了不需要采用紧密纺的品种以及紧密纺改造中应注意的问题。
• Yarn that is a mixture of nylon and cotton.
  尼龙和棉的混纺线；
• Craft Resources also sells yarn and embroidery floss.
  工艺人员服务公司也售卖纱线和绣花丝线。
• A new type of water blocking yarn for electrical wire& cable and optical fiber cable is presented.
  介绍了一种应用于电线电缆和光缆的新型的阻水纱。
• Thus a filament yarn is characterized by its denier and the number of fibers in the yarn.
  因此一个化纤长丝是以它的旦尼尔数和它纱线中的纤维数为特征的。
• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.
  他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Can handle all kinds of natural and synthetic fiber yarn, blended yarn.
  能处理各种各样的自然和合成纤维纱、混纺纱线。
• 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。