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

• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• Positive locks for table, head, quill, column.
  为表，头，鹅毛笔，列正锁。
• The existing shortcomings of the previous hot extrusion process of the boss quill were introduced and the prominent characteristics of the improved process were pointed out.
  介绍了轮毂轴管原热挤压工艺存在的缺点与不足，指出了改进工艺的突出特点。
• 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。
• 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。
• Once again, James Quill had defied expectations. As it turned out, Laura was pregnant. Dale knocked up two girls during his senior years of high School.
  詹姆斯·奎尔再一次让人出乎意料：劳拉怀孕了。戴尔在高中三年级时让两个女孩怀了孕。
• 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。
• Perhaps you should take up the quill.
  也许你该拿起笔来。