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

• Suddenly she dropped the quill as a wild happiness flooded her.
  她突然感到一阵无限的快乐，当即丢开了手里的鹅毛笔。
• Then you'll bring me parchment, ink and a quill.
  那就带给我羊皮纸，墨水和鹅毛笔。
• 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。
• 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。
• Study and Application of Hot Extrusion Process for Boss Quill
  汽车轮毂轴管复合热挤压工艺的研究与应用
• Quill is used for writing in the past.
  在过去，大翎毛&鹅毛笔是用来写字的。
• 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。
• He had a funny feeling Rita Skeeter's Quick-Quotes Quill might just explode with excitement if he did.
  他有一种奇特的感觉：如果他说了这件事，丽塔•斯基特尔的快速引用羽毛笔会由于兴奋而爆炸。
• Positive locks for table, head, quill, column.
  为表，头，鹅毛笔，列正锁。
• Perhaps you should take up the quill.
  也许你该拿起笔来。