quills

英 [kwɪlz]

美 [kwɪlz]

n.  翎(鸟的翅膀或尾部的大羽毛); 翎笔; 羽管笔; (豪猪的)棘刺
quill的复数

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.

双语例句

• A large African bird of prey ( Sagittarius serpentarius) with long legs and a crest of quills at the back of the head.
  一种大型的非洲食肉鸟（蛇鹫），腿长，脑后长有长羽集起的羽冠。
• Quills were the chief writing implement from the6th century AD until the advent of steel pens in the mid19th century.
  从公元6世纪到19世纪中期钢笔出现以前，羽毛笔是主要的书写工具。
• Unless political cartoonists feel free to dip their quills in poison ink, a society cannot truly be called free. The rest from the forensic processes to the political and religious sensitivities about the burial of the remains is now painstakingly documented.
  如果政治漫画家不能就那些敏感的话题进行创作，那就谈不上什么真正的自由社会。以后的情况，从法医调查到安葬遗骨所引起的敏感的政治、宗教问题，现已详细地拍成纪录影片。
• Here's where you get your quills and ink.
  在这儿可以买到你所需要的羽毛笔和墨水。
• My back is covered with hard, pointy quills and my belly is soft and furry.
  我的后背覆盖着又硬又尖的刺，我的腹部柔软而多毛。
• He took from his pocket two small objects which were nothing more than two quills wrapped in cotton, and thrust one up each of his nostrils.
  他从衣袋里掏出两件小东西，两根裹了棉花的鹅翎管，在每个鼻孔里塞了一根。
• When danger comes, I roll myself into a ball so my sharp quills point out in all directions.
  遇到危险的时候，我就把身子团成球，这样，我身上尖尖的刺伸向各个方向。
• At least two subspecies, the Quill Rat and the Thorned Beast, are known to fire their quills without provocation.
  目前所知至少有两个种类，硬毛老鼠和多刺野兽，会不经挑衅而直接发射它们的刺。
• The woman's black hair, matted stiff with blood, stuck out like porcupine quills from a face the color of blue-veined marble.
  死者略带血迹的黑发僵硬脏臭，像豪猪的棘刺一样从青筋暴起的脸旁乍起。
• Feather, parts of, worked beyond cleaning, disinfection or preservation ( excl. worked quills or scapes)
  羽毛所属部分，已经清洗、消毒或防腐以外的加工（不包括经过加工的羽管、羽轴）