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

• Quill is used for writing in the past.
  在过去，大翎毛&鹅毛笔是用来写字的。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Duck has his sword, I my quill and parchment.
  鸭子有他的剑，我有羽毛笔和羊皮纸。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。