| 单词 | hackle |
| 释义 | hackle hackle1 —hackler, n. /hak"euhl/, n. , v. , hackled, hackling. n. 1. one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers. 2. the neck plumage of a male bird, as the domestic rooster. 3. hackles, a. the erectile hair on the back of an animal's neck: At the sound of footsteps, the dog raised her hackles. b. anger, esp. when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner: with one's hackles up. 4. Angling. a. the legs of an artificial fly made with feathers from the neck or saddle of a rooster or other such bird. See diag. under fly2. b. See hackle fly. 5. a comb for dressing flax or hemp. 6. raise one's hackles, to arouse one's anger: Such officiousness always raises my hackles. v.t. 7. Angling. to equip with a hackle. 8. to comb, as flax or hemp. Also, hatchel, heckle (for defs. 5, 8). [1400-50; late ME hakell; see HECKLE] hackle2 /hak"euhl/, v.t., hackled, hackling. to cut roughly; hack; mangle. [1570-80; HACK1 + -LE; c. MD hakkelen] |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含168451条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。