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hackle

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hackle
/BrE ˈhak(ə)l , AmE ˈhæk(ə)l /
A noun
细长颈羽
B hackles
plural noun
literal 后颈毛;
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