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hackles

noun
🔊/ˈhæklz/
🔊/ˈhæklz/
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  1. the hairs on the back of the neck of a dog, cat, etc. that rise when the animal is afraid or angry（狗、猫等害怕或发怒时竖起的）后颈毛Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): variant of hatchel.
Idioms
somebody’s hackles rise
  1. to become angry发火；发怒
    • Ben felt his hackles rise as the speaker continued.随着那人不断地讲下去，本不禁怒火中烧。🔊🔊
make somebody’s hackles rise | raise somebody’s hackles
  1. to make somebody angry激怒某人
    • Her controversial article is bound to raise hackles.她的有争议的文章注定会引起黑客的注意。