"fixed quantity of yarn doubled over and over and knotted, mid-15c., from Middle French escaigne "a hank of yarn" (Old French escagne, mid-14c., Modern French écagne), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin scagna "a skein," Irish sgainne "a skein, clue."
权威例句
1. Doctors discovered the hematoma by using a special computer X - ray called a " ket - skein ".
医生们使用了一种叫 “ 铜束 ” ( ket -skein)的特别的电脑x光机,检查出了脑血肿的准确位置.
2. This skein of wool won't disentangle.
这束毛线解不开.
3. The packaging varies from DIN 160 size to wooden skein reels.
包装规格可从DIN160中的尺寸至木衬套轴.
4. Correlation is negative at the 0.05 level with Filament size and Skein ratio.
含胶率和伸长率与茧丝纤度在0.5的水平上具有的负相关性.
5. A skein of duck came across, gabbling softly to themselves.