Just as darkness was falling , in flew the black thing with the five skeins of flax.天刚刚黑, 那黑东西就飞进来了,并带来了纺好的五绞线....

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n.（纱、线等）一绞( skein的名词复数 )，（飞行中的雁等）一群，混乱一团，一团糟...