skeins是什么意思？

skeins

• n. （纱、线等）一绞( skein的名词复数 )，（飞行中的雁等）一群，混乱一团，一团糟；

例句

• Just as darkness was falling , in flew the black thing with the five skeins of flax. 天刚刚黑, 那黑东西就飞进来了,并带来了纺好的五绞线.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (尤指羊毛或丝线的)一束，一绞
  A skein is a length of thread, especially wool or silk, wound loosely round on itself.
  例句
  ...a skein of wool. 一束羊毛