feathers
英 [ˈfeðəz]
美 [ˈfeðərz]
n. 羽毛; 翎毛
v. 为(箭等)装上羽毛(或箭翎); 给…以薄边,削薄(木板、剃刀等)的边; 平掠回桨
feather的第三人称单数和复数
柯林斯词典
- See also:...a hat that she had made herself from black ostrich feathers....a feather bed.feathered
- PHRASE 同类的人;志趣相投的人;一丘之貉
If you describe two people asbirds of a feather, you mean that they have very similar characteristics, interests, or beliefs.- She and my mother were birds of a feather.
她和我妈妈是一个类型的人。
- She and my mother were birds of a feather.
- PHRASE 可引以为豪的事;荣耀的事;有好处的事
If you describe something that someone has achieved as afeather intheircap, you mean that they can be proud of it or that it might bring them some advantage.- Harry's appointment to this important post was a feather in his cap.
哈里被任命担任如此要职,这是件荣耀的事。
- Harry's appointment to this important post was a feather in his cap.
- tofeatherone'snest→ see:nest
双语例句
- The bird's feathers are beautiful.
这只鸟的羽毛很漂亮。 - A jay emerged from the juniper bush in a flash of blue feathers.
只见亮闪闪的蓝色羽毛一闪,一只松鸦从刺柏丛中钻了出来。 - The tail feathers are dark blue at their bases, shading to pale blue at their tips.
尾羽的根部呈深蓝色,到了尾尖就渐变成淡蓝色。 - The hides and feathers are missing.
兽皮和羽毛都不见了。 - His coach was green and silver, and the horses wore ostrich feathers.
他的马车漆成绿色和银色,马头上顶着鸵鸟毛。 - Questions and answers highlight some outstanding characteristics of farm animals, such as a chicken's feathers and a horse's mane.
问题和答案突出了农场里动物的显著特征,比如鸡的羽毛和马的鬃毛。 - The bird fluffed out its feathers.
那鸟抖抖身子蓬开羽毛。 - The bottom of the nest is laid with feathers and hairs.
巢的底部是用羽毛和毛发铺成的。 - The peacock displayed its fine tail feathers for us.
孔雀为我们展示了它美丽的尾羽。 - Covered mainly in brown and green feathers, they have large flashes of bright orange feathers under their wings.
表面主要是棕色和绿色的羽毛;一对翅膀下面长亮橙色的羽毛。