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。
• Don't you think it looks like an antique quill pen?
  你看它的样子像不像一根鹅毛笔呢？
• 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。
• The design is loosely based on a quill and inkwell where by the quill is the writing apparatus and the inkwell is an electromagnetic induction charger.
  这个设计类似于羽毛笔和墨水池，“羽毛笔”是书写工具，“墨水池”是个电磁感应充电器。
• 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。
• Quill is used for writing in the past.
  在过去，大翎毛&鹅毛笔是用来写字的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。