搜尋結果
hackle
- IPA[ˈhakl]
英式
- erectile hairs along an animal's back, which rise when it is angry or alarmed;a long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock or other bird.
- dress or comb (flax) with a hackle
noun: hackle, plural noun: hackles
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. erectile hairs along an animal's back, which rise when it is angry or alarmed the dog continued to growl, its hackles raised
- 2. a long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock or other bird.
- ▪ a feather wound around a fishing fly so that its filaments are splayed out.
- ▪ fly-fishing feathers collectively raising birds for hackle
- ▪ a bunch of feathers in a military headdress, for example of a regiment of fusiliers or the Black Watch.
- 3. a steel comb for dressing flax.
動詞
- 1. dress or comb (flax) with a hackle taking each section separately the student should lightly hackle the extreme ends