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
- 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。 - His direct, often abrasive approach will doubtless ruffle a few feathers
他那直截了当、往往还粗鲁生硬的办事方式无疑会激怒一些人。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - You did buy a string of goose feathers?
你真买了一串鹅毛啊？ - 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。 - He fastened the feathers to a framework with melted wax and threads pulled from his linen robe.
他用熔化的蜡和从亚麻长袍上抽下来的麻线把羽毛固定在一个框架上。 - 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 peacock displayed its fine tail feathers for us.
孔雀为我们展示了它美丽的尾羽。