skein / skeɪn /

⚽高中词汇毛线毛线绳骨架毛线衣

skein 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
  2. anything wound in or resembling such a coil: a skein of hair.
  3. something suggestive of the twistings of a skein: an incoherent skein of words.
  4. a flock of geese, ducks, or the like, in flight.
  5. a succession or series of similar or interrelated things: a skein of tennis victories.

skein 近义词

n. 名词 noun

tangle

更多skein例句

  1. Murray doesn't draw any at all, and doesn't seem even to be aware that any such skein is required.
  2. It was a part of himself, woven unchangeably into his life in a glowing skein, the brilliant colors of which could never fade.
  3. Nevertheless, if the skein of ideas was entangled, each thread in itself was a thread of gold.
  4. The spinning wheel stands against the wall and above it from a peg hangs a heavy skein of black wool.
  5. But the Seine was but a skein of silk stretched across the city; the water was hidden by the craft.
  6. Sometimes I dye one end of a skein, and leave the other untouched; that gives quite a good effect.