| 词汇 | spin a tale/story/yarn |
| 释义 | spin a tale/story/yarnspin a tale/story/yarn LIE/TELL A LIEto tell a story, especially using a lot of imagination 编造故事 She spun a story about a trip to Athens to meet one of the authors. 她编了一个故事，说是去雅典见了其中的一位作者。 Examples from the Corpus spin a tale/story/yarn• He could spin a yarn, and you had to take what he said with a pinch of salt.• Joe was in top form, spinning stories, issuing pronunciamentos, dropping withering quips at every opportunity.• She liked to spin yarn, sing, and dance. → spin a tale/story/yarn at spin1(2) |
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