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

• The colour of this woollen yarn is too pale.
  这种毛线色儿太浅。
• 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。
• Wool fibers can be spun into yarn.
  羊毛纤维可纺成纱。
• This article introduces the performance of Shengma fiber and the technology of blended slubby yarn with polyester fiber.
  介绍了圣麻纤维的特点及其与涤纶纤维混纺竹节纱的生产工艺。
• Glass fiber yarn and polyester yarn is flat knitting yarn.
  玻璃纤维纱和聚酯纱都是平织纱。
• 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。
• Processing parameters are optimized to guarantee smooth spinning and yarn quality.
  通过优化工艺参数，保证了纺纱的顺利进行和成纱质量。
• Yarn that is a mixture of nylon and cotton.
  尼龙和棉的混纺线；
• Most waste was caused by yarn breaks.
  大部分浪费由毛线断头造成。
• The feasibility study of pure wool knitted yarn dyeing with low temperature dyeing assistant KD is conducted.
  就低温染色助剂KD对纯毛绒线染色的可行性进行了探讨。