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单词 quills
释义

quill1 /kwil/

noun
  1. The hollow basal part of a feather
  2. A large feather
  3. A porcupine's spine
  4. A goose or other feather used as a pen
  5. A pen generally, or by metonymy, the writer's profession
  6. Something made from a quill feather, such as a toothpick, an angler's float or a plectrum
  7. A weaver's bobbin (orig made of reed or other material)
  8. A hollow non-rotating shaft (also quill drive; engineering)
  9. A reed, hollow stalk or internode, etc (obsolete)
  10. A small tube (obsolete)
  11. A musical pipe made from a hollow stem
  12. Hence throat, or perh voice (Shakespeare)
  13. A roll of curled bark, eg of cinnamon
  14. A cylindrical fold (obsolete)
transitive verb
  1. To goffer, crimp
  2. To wind on a bobbin
ORIGIN: Origin obscure; cf LGer quiele, Ger Kiel

quilled adjective

  1. Provided with, or formed into quills
  2. Tubular

quillˈing noun

  1. A strip of cloth gathered into cylindrical folds
  2. Decorative work characterized by longitudinal pleats or grooves

quillˈ-driver noun (derogatory)

  1. A clerk (now milit sl)
  2. An assiduous writer

quillˈ-driving noun

quillˈ-feather noun

A large stiff wing or tail feather

quillˈman noun (obsolete)

A clerk

quillˈ-nib noun

A quill-pen shortened for use with a holder

quillˈ-pen noun

A quill used as a pen

adjective

Using or suggestive of old-fashioned, slow and protracted methods or style (in office or literary work)

quillˈwort noun

Any plant of the genus Isoetes (from the quill-like leaves)

quill2 /kwil/ (Shakespeare)

noun

A combination (in the phrase in the quill in a body, in concert)

ORIGIN: Fr cueille a gathering
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