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skein

n.(一)束,(一)群,一团糟

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skein


/skeɪn; sken/
n
1 length of wool, thread, etc wound into a loose coil (纱、线等的)一束.
2 group of wild geese, etc in flight (飞行中的)一群(大雁等).

skein


n[C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: escaigne]
a long loosely wound piece of thread, wool, or yarn
literary a complicated series of things that are related to each other
= web
 a skein of lies