Well, in the 1590s, a ball of yarn was called a clew, spelled c-l-e-w.

16世纪90年代，毛球叫做团，拼写是clew。

" Here is some money, " he said. " Please get me a ball of string."

“给你些钱”，他说。“请帮我一个团”。

As she started again, she said, " Seed for Father. Bread for Mother. String for Grandfather."

出发的时候，她自言自语说，“给爸爸草籽。给妈妈面包。给团”。

Bread for Mother. String for Grandfather. Pins for Grandmother.

给妈妈面包。给团。给奶奶别针。

I told her there was no spider, and that it was just a tiny ball of thread.

我跟她说，那不是蜘蛛，只是一个小团，拖着一根。

She got the seed, the bread, and the ball of string.

她了草籽、面包和团。

I found a tiny black ball of thread on the carpet, and I told Manny it was a spider.

地毯上有一个黑色小团，还拖着头。我唬曼尼说那是蜘蛛。

And Jo shook the blue army sock till the needles rattled like castanets, and her ball bounded across the room.

乔使劲地抖搂那蓝色的军袜，以致编针像响板那样嗒嗒作响，而团直滚过房间。

He and George disentangled the string and separated five Extendable Ears from each other. Fred and George handed them around.

他和乔治打团，个伸缩耳给大家。

'You really mustn't play with the wool, you know. It will take me so long to roll the ball up again.

“你真不应该追着团儿玩。要把它绕好，我要费多大功夫呀！

There's no ball of twine or anything between here and Pensacola.

从这里到彭萨科拉之间并没有什么团或类似的东西。

I'm gonna bat her around like a ball of foil.

我要像打团一样打得她团团转。

Within the walls of a factory, vibrant strands of thread shape under the fingertips of these women.

在工厂的墙壁内，这些妇女指尖下的彩色团逐渐成形。

" I know I have it somewhere, " said Fleecy Flock helplessly, jumbling up the skeins and bundles.

“我知道我在某个地方找到了它， ” Fleecy Flock 无助地说， 把团和包裹弄得乱七八糟。

Sometimes you'll do that if you have a big ball of things and you pull on it and you see what wiggles.

有时候，当你面对一堆复杂的问题时，你可以像拉扯一个团那样去探索，看看哪些部会随之动摇。

She drew out one of the knitting needles, stuck it into the ball of thread and stocking, and went out into the corridor.

她抽出一根织针， 扎进团和袜子里， 然后走到走廊里。

History is a tangled skein that one may take up at any point, and break when one has unravelled enough; but complexity precedes evolution.

历史是一团纠结的团， 随时都可以拉起来， 解得够多就断了； 但复杂性先于进化。

We returned from our visit to The Haven with the hope that one free end of this tangled skein was already in our hands.

我们结束了对避风港的访问， 希望这根缠结的团的一端已经在我们手中。

Hagrid's coat seemed to be made of nothing but pockets — bunches of keys, slug pellets, balls of string, mint humbugs, teabags...finally, Harry pulled out a handful of strange-looking coins.

海格的外衣上面除了口袋，大概就没有别的什么了—— 口袋里装着成串的钥匙、小弹丸、团、薄荷硬糖、茶袋… … 最后，哈利终于掏出了一把稀奇古怪的硬币。

" Good girl! You deserve to go, and I'm sure you will some day, " said Aunt March, with an approving pat on the head, as Amy picked up her ball for her.

“好姑娘！你是有资格去的，而且我确信你总有一天会去成的，”马奇叔婆说，艾米帮她把团捡起来的时候，她赞许地拍了拍艾米的头。