yarn

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n. 纱, 纱线, 故事 [化] 纱

发音

UK /jɑːn/
AU
US /jɑɹn/

词形变化

yarns 复数 yarns yarned yarning yarns 三单 yarning 现在分词 yarned 过去式 yarned 过去分词

别名

yarne yearne

教材释义与例句

名词

纱线；奇谈，故事

动词

用纱线缠

动词

讲故事

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.

    毛线

    纱线

    纱

    冷

    膨纱

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    Bundles of fibres twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.

    可数 不可数 航海 交通
  3. 3.

    A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.

    可数 不可数

    spin a yarn

v.
  1. 1.

    To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.

    不及物

    1935, Christopher Isherwood, Mr Norris Changes Trains (U.S. title: The Last of Mr Norris), Chapter Thirteen, in The Berlin Stories, New York: New Directions, 1963, p. 152, “Well, well!” exclaimed Mr. van Hoorn. “Here are the boys! As hungry as hunters, I’ll be bound! And we two old fogies have been wasting the whole afternoon yarning away indoors. My goodness, is it as late as that? I say, I want my tea!”

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

thread recital narration

上位词 3

report account cord

下位词 10

telling pick pile nap cotton filling relation warp woof metallic

部分词 7

end body close closing ending conclusion introduction
动词

上位词 4

tell recite recount narrate

相关短语

yarn bombing yarn over yarn overs yarn on yarn bomb yarn bomber yarn bombers yarn bombs yarn bombed yarn dust Rope Yarn Sunday rope yarn 制绳的线, 无足轻重的东西 spin a yarn 讲故事 bay yarn

词源

From Middle English yarne, ȝern, yarn, from the Old English ġearn (“yarn, spun wool”), from Proto-West Germanic *garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną (“yarn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰerH- (“tharm, guts, intestines”). Cognates Akin to West Frisian jern, Dutch garen (“yarn”), German Garn (“yarn”), Danish garn, Swedish garn (“yarn, thread”), Icelandic garn (“yarn”), Latin hernia (“rupture”), Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string”), Sanskrit हिर (hira, “band”). Compare also the obsolete doublet garn.

来源：wiktionary