yarn
n.
1. 纱[毛]线, 丝, 人造[塑料, 金属]丝, 细股绳子
The woman knits stockings from yarn.
那妇人用纱线织袜子。
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。
2. 聊天, 闲谈
3. [俗](旅行者的)故事, 奇谈
4. 谎话, 谣言
I stopped to have a yarn with him.
我停下来跟他聊天。
vi.
1. 【口】讲故事;长谈[(+about)]
The old mariner liked to yarn about his sea adventures.
老水手喜欢讲他的海上奇遇。
They pitched a yarn about finding the jewels.
他们编了一个找到宝石的故事.
He spun us this unlikely yarn about being trapped for hours in a broken lift.
他对我们胡诌在坏电梯中困了几个小时.
We stayed up yarning until midnight.
我们讲故事一直讲到半夜才睡。
The beggar spun a long yarn about his misfortunes.
那个乞丐编造了一大篇自己如何遭遇不幸的故事。
On a typewriter or a printer, a ribbon of woven material, for example, cotton, natural silk, synthetic yarn.
打字机和打印机上所使用的一种带状编织品，材料为棉花、天然丝、合成纱等。
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。
A fabric made of different kinds of thread or yarn.
混纺织物由不同种类的线或纱制成的织物
动词yarn
1. tell or spin a yarn
名词yarn
1. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
2. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
同义词：thread
同义词
n. 纱线;毛线
n. 故事;谈话
名复：yarns
yarn
vi. [俗]讲故事; 长谈
Men yarn of the harbour's famous pilots.
人们常讲该港口的一些著名领港员的故事。
yarn-dyed
adj. 先染后织的(纱)
yarnsmith
n. 编故事的人, 作家
spin a yarn
(原系航海行话)讲故事; 编造海外奇谈; 胡诌
bead yarn
珠球花线
card cotton yarn
粗梳棉纱
bulked yarn
膨体(变形)纱
pitch a yarn
[俚]编造荒诞无稽的故事
alapat [aratory] yarn
双股椰壳纤维纱
cable yarn
钢索股绳
bulky yarns
膨体纱
basic yarn
原纱
asbestos yarn
石棉线