quill 的 2 个定义
- one of the large feathers of the wing or tail of a bird.
- the hard, hollow, basal part of a feather.
- a feather, as of a goose, formed into a pen for writing.
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- Textiles. to arrange in flutes or cylindrical ridges, as along the edge of a garment, hem, etc.to wind on a quill, as yarn.
- to penetrate with, or as if with, a quill or quills.
- to extract a quill or quills from: to quill a duck before cooking it.
quill 近义词
feather
更多quill例句
- When threatened, porcupines release a strong odor meant to warn predators that quills are about to be deployed.
- The rumor that porcupines can shoot or throw their quills at aggressors is only a legend, but there’s no need to test that out for yourself.
- Early analyses frequently grouped the rangeomorphs with sea pens, a more familiar class of invertebrates that resemble quill pens.
- Guardians centers on Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), an intergalactic smuggler who swipes an orb.
- The second feature involves a quill and inkwell that will also be featured on the front of the note.
- “Both the quill and the inkwell are copper until you move the note,” said Lambert.
- Edmund Morgan liked, especially, to teach his students how to make and sharpen a quill.
- Most of West Plains learned the news from the front-page article in The Quill on March 21.
- The only addition made to it when in use is the insertion of a quill or straw as a mouth-piece.
- I may be a weak old fool, but I won't have them sold down there with quill wheels and warming-pans!
- For a pen she would catch a goose, pluck a quill, and ask Billy to cut it.
- The swish of a skirt seemed ridiculously loud in the hush, and the scratching of the judge's quill pen was noisily irritating.
- The pen (calamus) was made of a reed brought to a point and cleft much as our quill pens are.