英 [kwɪl pen] 美 [kwɪl pen]
鹅毛笔:一种用大鸟的翅膀或尾羽制成的笔(书写工具)。
quill pen //
→another name forquill
pen made from a bird's feather
同义词: quill
在西方国家历史上最广泛使用的是羽毛笔(Quill pen)。
英语的pen从拉丁语的penna而来,原义是“羽毛”(feather),最初指原始的鹅毛笔(quill pen),后来笔的材质发生了改变,但这个字始终保存。
A quill pen on writing paper demands you to care and pay attention to grammar, tidiness, controlled thinking.
用羽毛笔在写字纸上书写要求你注意语法、整洁、克制思考。
The duke wrote a letter with a quill pen.
公爵用一根羽毛笔写信。
Don't you think it looks like an antique quill pen?
你看它的样子像不像一根鹅毛笔呢?
Tell it in a word doc, or a storyboard, or scratch it with a quill pen on vellum, but whatever you do, create a story first.
How this is done is quite beyond the comprehension of a quill-pen journalist.
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