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yarn 音标拼音: [j'ɑrn] n. 纱,毛线,金属丝;故事,奇谈,谎言 纱,毛线,金属丝;故事,奇谈,谎言 yarn n 1: the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; " his narration was hesitant" [ synonym: { narration}, { recital}, { yarn}] 2: a fine cord of twisted fibers ( of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving [ synonym: { thread}, { yarn}] v 1: tell or spin a yarnYarn \ Yarn\, n. [ OE. yarn, [ yogh] arn, AS. gearn; akin to D. garen, G., OHG., Icel., Sw., & Dan. garn; of uncertain origin. Cf. { Cord}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Rope Making) One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] 98 Moby Thesaurus words for " yarn": account, anecdotage, anecdote, belly laugh, blague, blue story, braid, brail, cable, causerie, chat, chin, chronicle, cock- and- bull story, colloque, cord, dirty joke, dirty story, double entendre, epic, epos, ethnic joke, exaggeration, fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, farfetched story, farrago, fib, fiction, fish story, flam, flimflam, fun, funny story, gag, ghost story, good one, good story, half- truth, howler, jape, jest, jestbook, joke, laugh, legal fiction, lie, ligament, ligation, ligature, line, little white lie, mendacity, narration, narrative, panic, pious fiction, play, point, prevarication, prose, rap, rib tickler, riot, rope, saga, scream, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, slight stretching, sport, spun yarn, story, strand, string, tale, talk, tall story, tall tale, taradiddle, tendon, thong, thread, trumped- up story, twine, twist, untruth, visit, visual joke, wheeze, white lie, whopper, wire, wow |
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