English Dictionary

quill

IPA（発音記号）

/kwɪl/

名詞

広義

The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs. / A pen made from a feather. / (by extension) Any pen.

日本語の意味

羽の軸、特に小枝（バーブ）がない部分 / 羽で作られたペン、すなわち羽ペン / 比喩的に、どんなペンでも指すことがある

She traced ink along the quill, feeling its smooth, barb-free shaft balance in her hand.

彼女は羽毛の下部の軸に沿ってインクを引き、その滑らかで羽枝のない部分が手の中でちょうどよくバランスを取っているのを感じた。

意味（1）

The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.

意味（2）

A pen made from a feather.

The note was written in a delicate hand with a crow-quill, on primrose-coloured paper, with a lilac seal—the motto tout à vous; and the whole with just a faint perfume of jasmine.

意味（3）

(by extension) Any pen.

He picked up his quill and wrote a poem.

意味（4）

A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators.

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意味（5）

A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube.

意味（6）

The pen of a squid.

意味（7）

(music) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.

意味（8）

(music) The tube of a musical instrument.

He touched the tender stops of various quills.

意味（9）

Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.

His hair still stood up in punk-rock quills and spikes.

quills （ plural ）