Yarn
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n. 纱，线;（尤指）毛线;故事;（旅行）轶事;
vi. 讲故事;
📝 例句
"Tell lies! That is, spin a yarn; well I can do that."
撒谎么！那就是编一个故事嘛，我也能够来一下子。
Mother used to spin her own yarn.
母亲过去一直是自己纺纱的。
The old mariner liked to yarn about his sea adventures.
老水手喜欢讲他的海上奇遇。
He spun a yarn about his friendship with the royal family.
他胡诌了一通所谓他与王室之间友情的故事。
Molly ripped out new yarn and wound it on the ball.
莫莉抽出一根新线头，绕在绒球上。
🌱 联想助记
音：羊，羊毛纱线；darn 织补 用 yarn
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
yarn
n
1 [U] fibres (esp of wool) that have been spun for knitting, weaving, etc 纱; 线; （尤指）毛线.
2 [C] (infml 口) story; traveller's tale, esp one that is exaggerated or invented 故事; （旅行者的）奇谈（尤指夸张的或编造的）.
3 (idm 习语) spin a yarn => spin. yarn, v [I]
(infml 口) tell yarns 讲故事; 信口开河
We stayed up yarning until midnight. 我们山南海北一直讲到深夜.
🔁 扩展释义
*[jɑ:n]n. 纱, 纱线, 故事【化】 纱
🏥 医学释义
线纱，丝
📖 同为「核心」词汇
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Just three days.
只要三天。
I'm Henry Lee. I am a system engineer for IBM.
我叫亨利.李，是IBM的一名系统工程师。
These are partly a matter of personal circumstances, partly a matter of psychology.
这里一方面是个人所处的环境，另一方面是个心理学的问题。