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skein

/skeyn/US // skeɪn //UK // (skeɪn) //

毛线,毛线绳,骨架,毛线衣

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Definitions

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

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Examples

  • Murray doesn't draw any at all, and doesn't seem even to be aware that any such skein is required.

  • It was a part of himself, woven unchangeably into his life in a glowing skein, the brilliant colors of which could never fade.

  • Nevertheless, if the skein of ideas was entangled, each thread in itself was a thread of gold.

  • The spinning wheel stands against the wall and above it from a peg hangs a heavy skein of black wool.

  • But the Seine was but a skein of silk stretched across the city; the water was hidden by the craft.

  • Sometimes I dye one end of a skein, and leave the other untouched; that gives quite a good effect.