yarn

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /jɑːn/    美 /jɑɹn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving. uncountable
  2. Bundles of fibres twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope. countable,uncountable
  3. A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible. countable
    — spin a yarn
动词 v.
  1. To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true. intransitive
    — "He yarns good," said Tom Platt. "T'other night he told us abaout a kid of his own size steerin' a cunnin' little rig an' four ponies up an' down Toledo, Ohio, I think 'twas, an' givin' suppers to a crowd o' sim'lar kids. Cur'us kind o' fairy-tale, but blame interestin'. He knows scores of 'em."

词形变化

yarns plural yarns present,singular,third-person yarning participle,present yarned participle,past yarned past

词汇关系

衍生词
bay yarn eyelash yarn galley yarn rogue's yarn rope yarn Saxony yarn sock yarn spin a yarn yarn-beam yarn bomb yarn bomber yarn bombing yarnover yarn-spinner yarnwindle
相关词
hank twine thread

词源

词源 1
From Middle English yarne, ȝern, yarn, from the Old English ġearn (“yarn, spun wool”), from Proto-West Germanic *garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną (“yarn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰerH- (“tharm, guts, intestines”).
Cognates
Akin to West Frisian jern, Dutch garen (“yarn”), German Garn (“yarn”), Danish garn, Swedish garn (“yarn, thread”), Icelandic garn (“yarn”), Latin hernia (“rupture”), Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string”), Sanskrit हिर (hira, “band”). Compare also the obsolete doublet garn.
词源 2
From Middle English yarne, ȝern, yarn, from the Old English ġearn (“yarn, spun wool”), from Proto-West Germanic *garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną (“yarn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰerH- (“tharm, guts, intestines”).
Cognates
Akin to West Frisian jern, Dutch garen (“yarn”), German Garn (“yarn”), Danish garn, Swedish garn (“yarn, thread”), Icelandic garn (“yarn”), Latin hernia (“rupture”), Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string”), Sanskrit हिर (hira, “band”). Compare also the obsolete doublet garn.
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