spin a yarn
collocation编造离奇的故事
He spun a yarn about being abducted by aliens.
他编造了一个被外星人绑架的故事。
讲故事；编故事
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讲故事；编故事
to tell a story, especially a long or unlikely one
My grandfather would yarn about his adventures at sea for hours.
我祖父会花几个小时讲他在海上的冒险故事。
讲故事,尤其是冗长或不太可能真实的故事。
To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.
编故事
tell or spin a yarn
yarn
Base
原形
yarns
3rd person
第三人称单数
yarning
-ing
现在分词
yarned
Past
过去式
yarned
Past participle
过去分词
He often yarns about his travels.
他经常讲述他的旅行故事。
She yarned a fascinating tale last night.
她昨晚讲了一个迷人的故事。
They are yarning around the campfire.
他们正在篝火旁讲故事。
规则动词
She yarned for hours about her trip, and I suspect half of it was exaggerated.
她滔滔不绝地讲了好几个小时她的旅行经历，我怀疑其中一半是夸大的。
Stop yarning and tell us what really happened.
别编故事了，告诉我们到底发生了什么。
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编造离奇的故事
He spun a yarn about being abducted by aliens.
他编造了一个被外星人绑架的故事。
讲故事
She told a yarn about her childhood.
她讲了一个关于她童年的故事。
讲关于……的故事
They yarned about old times.
他们讲着往事。
编造冗长离奇的故事；讲荒诞不经的故事
Grandpa used to spin a yarn about catching a whale with a fishing rod.
爷爷过去常讲一个用鱼竿钓到鲸鱼的离谱故事。
我会给你讲个故事，孩子，一个故事。
The old sailor yarned about his adventures for hours.
老水手一连讲了好几个小时他那些冒险故事。
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yarn 作动词：像纺线一样把故事拉长，又长又离奇（联想 yawn 打哈欠）
语域：informal 常见场景：朋友聚会、闲谈场合 yarn 作动词表示“讲（尤指冗长或不大真实的）故事”，通常用于非正式、轻松的口语场合，如朋友聚会或闲谈；正式书面语中较少这样用，更常说 tell a story。
与 yarn /jɑrn/ 押韵的词：barn /bɑrn/、darn /dɑrn/。注意：warn /wɔrn/ 拼写为 -arn 但元音不同，并不押韵；yearn /jɜrn/ 看起来相似但发音也不相同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.