quill

英 [kwɪl]

美 [kwɪl]

n.  翎(鸟的翅膀或尾部的大羽毛); 翎笔; 羽管笔; (豪猪的)棘刺

复数：quills　现在分词：quilling　

GRE

BNC.21041 / COCA.18789

牛津词典

noun

• 翎（鸟的翅膀或尾部的大羽毛）
  a large feather from the wing or tail of a bird
• 翎笔；羽管笔
  a pen made from a quill feather
• （豪猪的）棘刺
  one of the long sharp stiff spines on a porcupine

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 羽毛笔
  Aquillis a pen made from a bird's feather.
  1. She dipped a quill in ink, then began to write.
     她将羽毛笔在墨水里蘸了一下，随后开始书写。
• (鸟翼或鸟尾的)大羽毛;翎
  A bird'squillsare large, stiff feathers on its wings and tail.
• (豪猪的)棘刺
  Thequillsof a porcupine are the long sharp points on its body.

英英释义

noun

• a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
• the hollow spine of a feather
  Synonym:calamusshaft
• any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
  Synonym:flight featherpinionquill feather
• pen made from a bird's feather
  Synonym:quill pen

双语例句

• Don't mind if I use a quick-quotes quill, do you?
  你不介意我使用速记笔吧？
• Then you'll bring me parchment, ink and a quill.
  那就带给我羊皮纸，墨水和鹅毛笔。
• He wears his officer's cap at an angle, jaunty, and picks his teeth with a sharpened goose quill.
  他潇洒地微微歪戴着他那顶军帽子，用一支削尖了的鹅毛管剔着牙齿。
• A sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin.
  动物身体硬而尖锐的部分或附属肢体；如豪猪的刚毛或鱼鳍的骨脉。
• The Japanese use a hot piece of iron like an old-fashioned soldering iron to burn away the fluffy material from inside the quill.
  日本人使用一片类似于老式烙铁的热铁片将羽茎内部的松软物质烧掉。
• She dipped a quill in ink, then began to write.
  她将羽毛笔在墨水里蘸了一下，随后开始书写。
• To me, though, the most moving object was a simple 12-sided walnut table, barely wide enough to hold an inkwell, a quill pen and a few sheets of paper.
  然而对我来说，最动人的物品是一张简陋的十二面胡桃木桌，宽度只够放下墨水池、鹅毛笔和一沓纸。
• Glide, flap, sharp quill, hare, fur, waterfall, otter, raccoon, snow line.
  滑翔，煽动，尖刺，野兔，皮毛，瀑布，水獭，雪线。
• Duck has his sword, I my quill and parchment.
  鸭子有他的剑，我有羽毛笔和羊皮纸。
• One question that is asked repeatedly is why Harry has to use a quill pen?
  一个多次被问及的问题是：哈利为什么要用羽毛笔？