Word · Frequency #5204
yarned
讲故事；编故事
yarned is the past of yarn.
核心释义
to tell a story, especially a long or unlikely one
- 1.
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.
- 2.
编故事
tell or spin a yarn
讲故事,尤其是冗长或不太可能真实的故事。；编故事；纱；纱线
用法In use
My grandfather would yarn about his adventures at sea for hours.
用法提示：yarn 作动词，意思是绘声绘色地讲述（常带夸大）故事。
She yarned for hours about her trip, and I suspect half of it was exaggerated.
用法提示：yarned 是 yarn 的过去式，表示讲述长篇或不太真实的故事。
Stop yarning and tell us what really happened.
用法提示：yarning 是 yarn 的现在分词，与 stop 连用表示停止编造故事。
yarn about sth
about 后接讲述的话题或内容。
The old sailors yarned about their adventures at sea.
老水手们讲述着他们在海上的冒险经历。
yarn to sb
to 后接听故事的人。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- spin a yarn
- 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。
- tell a yarn
- 讲故事
- She told a yarn about her childhood.她讲了一个关于她童年的故事。
- yarn about
- 讲关于……的故事
- They yarned about old times.他们讲着往事。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- spin a yarn
- 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.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
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）
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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