quill是什么意思？

quill

英[kwɪl] 美[kwɪl]

• n. （刺猬或豪猪的）刺，羽毛管，<鸟>翮，<纺>纡管；
• vt. 给（织物或衣服）作皱褶，<纺>卷（纬线），使（豪猪等）长满刺，（豪猪等）用刺刺；

复数：quills;

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.
• He wrote with a quill. 他用羽毛笔写字.
• 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.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  羽毛笔
  A quill is a pen made from a bird's feather.
  例句
  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。
• N-COUNT
  (鸟翼或鸟尾的)大羽毛;翎
  A bird's quills are large, stiff feathers on its wings and tail.
• N-COUNT
  (豪猪的)棘刺
  The quills of a porcupine are the long sharp points on its body.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  羽毛管;(羽毛管制成的)羽毛笔;琴拨;牙签
  He wrote with a quill. 他用羽毛笔写字。 Quills were the chief writing implement from the 6th century AD until the advent of steel pens in the mid 19th 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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. pen made from a bird's feather
  2. a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
  3. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
  4. the hollow shaft of a feather