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

• 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。
• My quills are dark brown with a little white mixed in.
  我的刺儿是深棕色的，混合着一点儿白色。
• 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。
• 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。
• Defensive quills dot the backs of these troublesome creatures.
  防御性的刺长在这些讨人厌的生物背上。
• There were bookbags, quills, notebooks, and course books everywhere.
  这里到处是书包，羽毛笔，笔记本和课本。
• The Native Americans embroidered skins and bark with dyed porcupine quills; later the beads they acquired in trade took the place of quills.
  美洲原住民则在兽皮或树皮上用染色的豪猪毛锈制羽毛制品，后来用交易来的珠子取代羽毛。
• Glad that Hermione had changed the subject, Harry showed much more interest in the new extra-large sugar quills than he would normally have done, but Ron continued to look moody and merely shrugged when Hermione asked him where he wanted to go next.
  哈利庆幸赫敏改变了话题，他假装对这种新型的超大型棒糖羽毛笔特别感兴趣，但罗恩还是显得闷闷不乐，当赫敏问他接下来想去哪里时，他只是耸了耸肩膀。
• 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。
• To be more flexible, most mills use special winders designed specially for the purpose of winding quills.
  为了方便生产，多数纺织厂使用专门的卷纬机进行卷纬。