| 单词 | hackle |
| 释义 | hackle n. & v. --n 1. a long feather or series of feathers on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock and other birds. 2. Fishing an artificial fly dressed with a hackle. 3. a feather in a Highland soldier's bonnet. 4. (in pl.) the erectile hairs along the back of a dog, which rise when it is angry or alarmed. 5. a steel comb for dressing flax. --vtr. dress or comb with a hackle. Phrases and idioms make one's hackles rise cause one to be angry or indignant. Etymology: ME hechele, hakele, prob. f. OE f. WG |
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