• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 柯林斯词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-MASS
    纱;纱线;毛线
    Yarn is thread used for knitting or making cloth.
    例句
    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
  • 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.
    例句
    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.
    例句
    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。