英语词汇“skein”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A skein is a ball of coiled yarn. If it weren’t for the skein, the world would be full of tangled messes of yarn that would take hours to untangle before you could start your knitting.

Whether you use a skein (rhymes with “rain”) to keep your yarn separated and organized, or as something for your cat to play with, may be a sign of how often you knit. Skein can take on a metaphorical sense: The character Sherlock Holmes said, “There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it."

WORD FAMILY

skein: skeins

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He will be remembered for his eulogies, the terrible skein of laments over the bodies of American citizens murdered.

Time(Dec 08, 2016)

But something unexpected happens: Mendel falls madly in love with Trina, further entangling this skein of classic New York neurotics.

Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2016)

The ensemble serves as a kind of velvety pillow, atop which Mr. Shankar weaves coppery skeins for himself, as soloist.

New York Times(Nov 04, 2016)

n coils of worsted yarn

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hank

a coil of rope or wool or yarn

单词	skein
释义	skein (once / 5047 pages) n A skein is a ball of coiled yarn. If it weren’t for the skein, the world would be full of tangled messes of yarn that would take hours to untangle before you could start your knitting. Whether you use a skein (rhymes with “rain”) to keep your yarn separated and organized, or as something for your cat to play with, may be a sign of how often you knit. Skein can take on a metaphorical sense: The character Sherlock Holmes said, “There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it." WORD FAMILY skein: skeins USAGE EXAMPLES He will be remembered for his eulogies, the terrible skein of laments over the bodies of American citizens murdered. Time(Dec 08, 2016) But something unexpected happens: Mendel falls madly in love with Trina, further entangling this skein of classic New York neurotics. Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2016) The ensemble serves as a kind of velvety pillow, atop which Mr. Shankar weaves coppery skeins for himself, as soloist. New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) n coils of worsted yarn Hyper hank a coil of rope or wool or yarn
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