| 词汇 | feather |
| 释义 | feather /`fєeɚ/ n. Any of the light outgrowths from the skin that form the outer covering of a bird; a plume. 羽毛。 Kind or class. 种；类。 birds of a feather 同类的鸟。 Something like a feather; esp. in mechanics, a flange for stiffening a casting or a key such as fits into a keyway. 羽状物(尤指机器上加强轫度的肋片或嵌入键沟的楔栓)。 Act of feathering an oar. 把桨面翻平。 phrases a feather in sb's cap 值得骄傲的事物；荣誉。 as light as a feather 轻如鸿羽。 Birds of a feather flock together. 【谚】物以类聚。 crop (sb's) feathers 挫(某人的)锐气。 Fine feathers make fine birds. 【谚】佛要金装，人要衣装。 in feather 有羽毛的。 in fine [high; full] feather 得意的[情绪好的；高兴的]。 make the feathers [fur] fly 引起大骚动。 not care a feather 毫不介意。 ruffle sb's feathers 【口】激怒某人。 show the white feathers 示弱,胆怯。 smooth sb's rumpled [ruffled] feathers 使某人恢复镇定。 You could have knocked me down with a feather. 【口】我非常惊讶。 (过去式: feathered; 过去完成式: feathered; 现在进行式: feathering) v.t. To ornament with feathers. 饰以羽毛。 To cover with, or as with, feathers. 覆以羽毛。 The young birds were not yet feathered. 小鸟的羽毛尚未长满。 To turn the blade of (an oar) horizontally when leaving the water. 翻平桨面(指提桨出水面时)。 v.i. To become covered with feathers. 长羽毛。 To feather an oar. 翻平桨面。 idoms feather one's nest 揩油以饱私囊。 feather bed (有)鸭绒床垫(的床铺)。 derivatives adj. feathered. adj. featherless. |
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