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

• In the plant office, I saw the colorful polyester yarn.
  在工厂的办公室，我看到了丰富多彩的涤纶纱。
• Wool fibers can be spun into yarn.
  羊毛纤维可纺成纱。
• 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。
• Hand knitting wool, hand knitting yarn This wool makes into a nice sweater.
  手编绒线，手编毛线这毛线制造成了漂亮的毛线衫。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Filament yarns are numbered not by the yarn number system, but by the denier system.
  化纤长丝纱线不是通过这种纱线细度体系来计量的，而是通过旦尼尔体系来测定的。
• It is now a large-scale producer of cotton textiles and cotton yarn.
  现在是大规模生产的棉纺织品和棉纱。
• To make a warm sweater, you use thick yarn and a big hook or needles.
  为了织一个温暖的毛衣，您使用厚纱和一个大钩或针。