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词汇 hackles
释义 hackles
noun[ plural ]
uk /ˈhæk.əlz/ us /ˈhæk.əlz/
the hairs on the back of some animals, or the feathers on the back of the neck of some birds, that rise when the animal or bird is frightened or about to fight(某些动物、鸟受惊吓或临战时会竖起的)颈背部毛,颈羽
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals
ala
baleen
bristle
bristly
coated
cowhide
dander
downy
feather
fleece
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plumule
sable
seashell
spine
spinneret
vibrissa
whalebone
whiskery
wishbone

Idiom


make (someone's) hackles rise

Examples of hackles


hackles
On all those matters our hackles rise for the same reason.
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He said that when the word "landlord" was mentioned it immediately put his hackles up.
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As was expressed several times in another place, the word "race" is an emotive word: the kind of word that makes people's hackles rise.
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I think that only one of them may raise political hackles.
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We see the hackles rise and resistance grow just because of the name.
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I do not wish to raise political hackles.
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One would need to be careful about this question of hunting, particularly hunting deer with dogs, because it will raise hackles in certain places.
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He managed to make some good suggestions without raising any political hackles on my part.
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Indeed, it raises hackles unnecessarily.
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He really got my hackles up.
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Additional items that reflect a regiment's historical accomplishments, such as backing cloth and hackles, may be worn behind the cap badge.
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Raptors are shown as being covered in scales with a small crest of protofeathers that can be raised up like hackles when attacking.
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The head is grey, like the upper neck plumage, which turns into green and copper hackles towards the breast.
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The adult male has a more prominent crest than the female and also has longer neck hackles.
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If the hairs on the back of the moose's neck and shoulders (hackles) stand up, a charge is usually imminent.
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