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

• 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 quill is designed to rest within the shuttle.
  纬管的设计是应能使其安放在梭子之中。
• Ericsson is researching a "smart quill" pen.
  爱立信公司正在研制一种小羽毛笔。
• 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？
• Duck has his sword, I my quill and parchment.
  鸭子有他的剑，我有羽毛笔和羊皮纸。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Perhaps you should take up the quill.
  也许你该拿起笔来。