| 单词 | yarn |
| 释义 | yarn (once / 887 pages) 1n 2nv If you want to knit a hat, you're going to need yarn, the thick string made of twisted threads that's used to make sweaters, scarves, socks and other knitted things. Yarn is made from fibers, and it comes in many colors. When you knit, you weave yarn with needles and end up with a pot holder or a pair of mittens. Another kind of yarn is a long story that's told out loud. You might, in fact, tell your friend a yarn while you crochet an afghan with yarn. The Old English root word, gearn, means "spun fibers," but it comes from the Proto-Indo-European ghere, or "intestine." WORD FAMILYyarn: yarned, yarning, yarns USAGE EXAMPLESShelves and floor space are shrouded in heaps of soft yarn and fuzzy pompoms. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Richard Pryor cemented his reputation as the greatest stand-up of his generation by spinning his story of setting himself on fire into a hilarious yarn. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) She walked to her closet and found a bundle of black yarn. Washington Post(Dec 24, 2016) 1 n a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper thread cotton thread made of cotton fibers dental floss, flossa soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth flossa soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery Lastexyarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threads ligaturethread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) metallica yarn made partly or entirely of metal nap, pilethe yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave purlgold or silver wire thread suturethread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together tinsela thread with glittering metal foil attached warpyarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof filling, pick, weft, woofthe yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving worsted, worsted yarna tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool lisle, lisle threada strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) cord a line made of twisted fibers or threads 1n the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events Syn|Hypo|Hyper narration, recital recounting, relation, telling an act of narration account, report the act of informing by verbal report 2v tell or spin a yarn Hyper narrate, recite, recount, tell narrate or give a detailed account of |
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