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单词 yarn
释义
yarn
noun
uk
/jɑːn/us
/jɑːrn/

yarnnoun(THREAD)

[CorU]
threadused for makingclothor forknitting
纱；纱线
picture of yarn
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Textiles: general words
  • baize
  • Bargello
  • bias
  • brocade
  • cloth
  • cutpiece
  • denier
  • gauze
  • multifilament
  • nap
  • padding
  • pile
  • pill
  • reweave
  • strand
  • suiting
  • swatch
  • textile
  • the weft
  • webbed
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yarnnoun(STORY)

[C]
astory, usually alongone with a lot ofexcitementorinterest:
故事；奇闻漫谈
Heknewhow tospinagoodyarn(=tella goodstory).他知道如何编造有趣的故事。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accounts and stories
  • anecdote
  • another
  • anti-narrative
  • be another storyidiom
  • bodice-ripper
  • brushstroke
  • cautionary tale
  • commentary
  • legendary
  • lore
  • misdescription
  • multi-stranded
  • myth
  • rundown
  • running commentaryphrase
  • scenario
  • shaggy-dog story
  • short story
  • strand
  • writesomethingup
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(Definition ofyarnfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

yarn| American Dictionary

yarn
noun
us
/jɑrn/

yarnnoun(THREAD)

[U]
thickthreadused for makingclothor for making apieceofclothingesp. byknitting

yarnnoun(STORY)

[C]
astory, usually alongone with a lot ofexcitementorinterest:
aboys’adventureyarn
(Definition ofyarnfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofyarn

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The first concerns the imposition of surveillance import licencing on all imports of man-made fibre yarns and fabrics imported from both developed and developing countries.
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Apart from certain specialised or ornamented textile products, no tariff reductions will be made on yarns, or fabrics or made-up goods wholly of cotton.
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To mislead the country and paint a picture that is not true is not to oppose but to spin yarns.
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If we make the dyes and the yarns, then we shall have more trades in our hands and that would be a great acquisition.
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Up to the present it has not been thought advisable to requisition waste shoddy, noils or yarns of any ownership.
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No figures are available showing how much of these blended yarns is used for clothing, but the great bulk of them would be so used.
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Because of the shortage of worsted yarns, we have had to curtail the exports.
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Nylon and terylene yarns are not distinguished from other yarns of synthetic fibres in the trade statistics.
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If you put the figures in sterling, it means that we were exporting £51,000,000 worth of yarns in manufactures in the first nine months of 1924.
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The shortage of wool handknitting yarns is mainly due to shortage of labour in the spinning mills.
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She was importing the most highly priced yarns on the market.
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He said there is a superfluity of finer yarns.
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We want to use all the yarns we can for production in this country as far as possible.
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The use of 56/58's crossbred yarns for some garments instead of the yarns previously used is, therefore, desired.
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Probably much less of the finished cloth is being exported; we are exporting yarns.
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