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

• 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。
• Positive locks for table, head, quill, column.
  为表，头，鹅毛笔，列正锁。
• Set of clear crystal inkwell with quill, book, diploma and graduation cap; rhodium-plated details.
  套清楚水晶墨水池与纤管，书，文凭和毕业盖帽；铑被镀的细节。
• The main components of a spider cardan joint include the spider, yokes and quill bearings, etc.
  其主要部件包括十字轴、向节叉以及滚针轴承等。
• On June 27,1996, Andrew James Quill was born.
  1996年6月27日，安德鲁·詹姆斯·奎尔出生了。
• Hedgehog stumbles to Rose after pulling out the last quill, leaving blood and wounds all over himself.
  刺猬拔掉了最后一根刺，千疮百孔，摇摇晃晃的走到玫瑰面前。
• Sales of labradors, however, have declined, after the Japanese film quill made them among the most popular breeds less than two years ago.
  不到两年前所播出的日本电影「再见了！可鲁」使拉布拉多成为最受欢迎的品种，然而的销售量已经下滑。
• 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？
• 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。
• Indeed, they seemed so baffled that I might as well have asked them if they wrote using a quill pen.
  的确，他们看上去迷惑不解，就像我问他们是否用鹅毛笔写字一样。