This is because for most of the history of writing with pen and ink, a pen was manufactured from a long, large feather.

因为在历史上很长一段时间里，人们都用一根又长又大的羽毛沾着墨水写字，这种“笔”叫做pen。

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The word pen comes to us ultimately from a Latin word meaning "feather."

pen可以追溯到一个意为“羽毛”的拉丁语词。

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Neither the inkstand nor the feather pen could recognize that their abilities were all precious until then.

直到那时不管是墨水瓶还是羽毛笔都没能认识到他们的才能都是宝贵的。

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