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hackles
erectile hairs along the back of a dog or other animal, which rise when it is angry or alarmed(狗等发怒或受惊时竖起的)颈背部毛。
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- the hairs on the back of a person's neck, thought of as being raised when the person is angry or hostile(想像中人在发怒时竖起来的)颈背部的毛发:
she felt her hackles rise in anger.
她气得怒发冲冠。
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- (常作hackles)a long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock or other bird(雄鸡等禽类颈背部的)细长羽毛。
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- Fishing a feather wound around a fishing fly so that its filaments are splayed out【渔】制假蝇用的羽毛。
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- mass noun such feathers collectively总称颈羽。
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- a bunch of feathers in a military headdress, for example of a regiment of fusiliers or the Black Watch军帽羽饰(如苏格兰高地警卫团士兵军帽上所见)。
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- a steel comb for dressing flax(栉梳机的)针排。
短语
make someone's hackles rise
- make someone angry or indignant惹某人生气; 惹某人动怒。
词源
late Middle English (in sense 2): variant of HATCHEL.