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hackle/ˈhæk(ə)l/ n. & v.●n. 1 a long feather or series of feathers on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock and other birds (公鸡和其他鸟的)颈羽；鞍羽 2 Fishing an artificial fishing-fly dressed with a hackle 【捕鱼】假蝇 3 a feather in a Highland soldier's bonnet (苏格兰高地士兵帽上的)羽饰 4 (in pl. 用复数) the erectile hairs along the back of a dog, which rise when it is angry or alarmed (狗发怒或受惊时会竖起的)颈背部毛 5 a steel comb for dressing flax (梳理亚麻的)栉梳机 ●v. tr. dress or comb with a hackle 栉梳 □ make a person's hackles rise cause a person to be angry or indignant 激怒；使愤怒 [Middle English hechele, hakele, ultimately from West Germanic: related to HOOK] |