yarn

yarn

英 [jɑːn]
　　美 [jɑn]

n. 紗線；奇談，故事
　　vt. 用紗線纏
　　vi. 講故事

中文詞源：

yarn 紗線

來自PIE*ghere,腸，腸線，詞源同chord,cord,hernia.引申詞義紗線。比較catgut.

例句：

1. Craft Resources also sells yarn and embroidery floss.
工藝人員服務公司也售賣紗線和繡花絲線。

2. His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.
他奶奶在火爐邊給他講故事.

3. Don't give me some cooked - up yarn!
不要講編造的故事給我聽!

4. I stopped to have a yarn with him.
我停下來跟他聊天.

5. Men yarn of the harbour's famous pilots.
人們常講該港口的一些著名領港員的故事.