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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The three pen types are quill, reed, and metal.
  这三种钢笔为羽管笔、芦杆笔和金属笔。
• Don't mind if I use a quick-quotes quill, do you?
  你不介意我使用速记笔吧？
• 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。
• 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。
• Then you'll bring me parchment, ink and a quill.
  那就带给我羊皮纸，墨水和鹅毛笔。
• 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。