Skein



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.一束 ( 线或纱)
• ［英］ n.一束 ( 线或纱) ( a loosely coiled length of yarn or thread)
• ［例］ a skein of wool ( 一束毛线)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English skeyne, from Middle French (Picard) escagne, probably from Vulgar Latin *scamnia, from *scamniare to wind yarn, from *scamnium rack for holding bobbins, from Latin scamnum bench, stool — more at shambles
• Date: 14th century
• 1. (also skean) (or skeane) a loosely coiled length of yarn or thread wound on a reel
• 2. something suggesting the twists or coils of a skein ; tangle
• 3. a flock of wildfowl (as geese or ducks) in flight

II. transitive verb

• Date: circa 1775
• to wind into skeins <skein yarn>

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