hackle | BrE ˈhak(ə)l, AmE ˈhæk(ə)l | A. noun 细长颈羽 xìcháng jǐngyǔ B. hackles plural noun literal 后颈毛 hòujǐngmáo ▸ to raise its hackles 竖起后颈毛 ▸ to get one's hackles up figurative 发怒 ▸ to make sb's hackles rise figurative 激怒某人 ▸ with one's hackles up figurative 怒气冲冲地 |