查询词典 down feather

Sheets of vellum, animal hides specially prepared for writing, were cut down to the appropriate size. After the general layout of the page was planned, the page was lightly ruled with a pointed stick, and the scribe went to work with ink-pot and either sharpened quill feather or reed pen.

按照一定的尺寸裁好皮纸（一种可以用来书写的动物皮）后，再经过总体的页面规划设计，将纸页用尖木棍固定，抄写者就用鹅毛笔或者苇杆笔沾著墨水开始抄写了。

Harry moved the tip of his eagle-feather quill down the page, frowning as he looked for something that would help him write his essay,"Witch Burning in the Fourteenth Century Was Completely Pointless —discuss."

哈利皱着眉头，在书页上从上而下地移动着那支羽毛笔的笔尖，他正在寻找能帮助他写论文的材料，论文题目是《十四世纪焚烧女巫的做法是完全没有意义的—讨论稿》。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。