n.[C]

1. 【鳥】翮；翮羽
2. 羽毛管；（羽毛管製成的）羽毛筆；琴撥；牙籤
   He wrote with a quill.

   他用羽毛筆寫字。

3. （刺蝟或豪豬的）刺
4. 【紡】紆管，緯管

vt.

1. 給（織物或衣服）作皺褶
2. 【紡】捲（緯線）
3. 使（豪豬等）長滿刺；（豪豬等）用刺刺

n.

1. a main wing or tail feather of a bird.
   ▸the hollow shaft of a feather, especially the lower part that lacks barbs.
2. a pen made from a quill.
3. a hollow sharp spine of a porcupine, hedgehog, etc.
4. (quills) another term for penne.

v.