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
- Duck and goose feathers are used to make very warm blankets.
鸭子和鹅的羽毛可以用来制成温暖的毯子。 - The officers who found the birds described them as small with brown and black feathers.
谁发现的人员介绍他们的鸟的羽毛，黑色和棕色小。 - 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。 - Chicken feathers really are flying up to heaven.
鸡毛居然飞上天去了。鸡毛确实要上天了。 - Feathers of various kinds are used by Native Americans for ceremonial purposes.
美洲印第安人在举行仪式时用到各种羽毛。 - Politicians are usually careful not to ruffle the feathers of their constituents.
政治家们通常都很小心，避免激怒了他们的选民。 - One day I gave thee a willow battledore and a shuttlecock with yellow, blue and green feathers.
有一天，我买了一个柳条拍子和一个黄蓝绿三色的羽毛球给你。 - It is black with white feathers and a red beak.
它是黑色的，有白色的羽毛和一个红色的嘴。 - 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。 - 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。