Used to measure strength of skein of pure and blend spinning of cotton, wool and chemical fiber etc.(用于測定棉，毛，化纖等紡織原料的純紡，混紡紗線的縷紗強(qiáng)力。)

She passed me a skein of wool.(她遞給我一絞羊毛線。)

Used for testing breaking tenacity and elongation at break of raw silk in skein and bobbin.(用于測定絞裝和筒裝生絲的斷裂強(qiáng)度及斷裂伸長率。)

It was only after drinking a bottle or two of wine that he felt vaguely that the terrible tangled skein of life which had terrified him so before was not so terrible as he had fancied.(他喝了一兩瓶葡萄酒以后，他才模糊地意識到，往昔使他不寒而栗的難以解決的生活難題并不像他想象的那樣可怕了。)

The skein after winding is characterized by even thickness and good form.(卷繞后的絲片具有厚薄均勻，成形良好的特點(diǎn)。)

This skein of wool won't disentangle.(這束毛線解不開。)

WHAT I WANT TO DO TODAY is to try to unravel a skein of intertwined apprehensions about different problems.(今天我要做的，就是試著去解開糾纏在這些不同問題上的思維亂麻。)

The irregular border indicated that over a long period of time each skein of yarn had been bought and hoarded whenever a dollar or two was available.(從它不規(guī)則的邊沿來判斷，每一束紗線都是在她手頭存夠一兩美元的時(shí)候才買來的，而且之間隔的時(shí)間較長。)

One skein, two skeins, three skeins, and still the spool was full.(一團(tuán)，兩團(tuán)，三團(tuán)，紗錠還是滿的。)

Colour stain can be eliminated effectively in skein mulberry silk yarn heavy-shade dyeing with some selected acid mordant dyes. Silk carpets made of such yarn will give clear-cut multilevel shades.(選用部分酸性媒染染料染深色絞裝桑蠶絲，有效地解決了沾色病疵，使絲毯色澤層次分明。)

Fifty skanes of silk were spun in one day.