英语词汇“quillmen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

单词

quillmen

释义

quill¹ /kwil/

noun

The hollow basal part of a feather
A large feather
A porcupine's spine
A goose or other feather used as a pen
A pen generally, or by metonymy, the writer's profession
Something made from a quill feather, such as a toothpick, an angler's float or a plectrum
A weaver's bobbin (orig made of reed or other material)
A hollow non-rotating shaft (also quill drive; engineering)
A reed, hollow stalk or internode, etc (obsolete)
A small tube (obsolete)
A musical pipe made from a hollow stem
Hence throat, or perh voice (Shakespeare)
A roll of curled bark, eg of cinnamon
A cylindrical fold (obsolete)

transitive verb

ORIGIN: Origin obscure; cf LGer quiele, Ger Kiel

quilled adjective

quillˈing noun

quillˈ-driver noun (derogatory)

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)

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