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.
  1. She and my mother were birds of a feather.
     她和我妈妈是一个类型的人。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• 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。