| 词汇 | feather |
| 释义 | feather noun[ C ] uk /ˈfeð.ər/ us /ˈfeð.ɚ/ B2 one of the many soft, light things that cover a bird's body, consisting of a long, thin, central part with material like hairs along each side: 羽毛;翎毛 peacock/ostrich feathers孔雀／鸵鸟羽毛 feather pillowI like to sleep on a firm mattress with feather pillows (= those containing feathers). ruffle its feathersThe bird ruffled its feathers.这只鸟竖起了羽毛。 RYOICHI UTSUMI/amana images/GettyImages The bird has grey feathers with a lighter collar.这种鸟长有灰色羽毛，但颈部的颜色要淡一些。 This type of bird is very inconspicuous because of its dull feathers.这种鸟因其羽毛灰暗而毫不起眼。 Caged birds sometimes pluck out their breast feathers.关在笼子里的鸟有时会把自己的胸羽拔下。 The birds ruffled their feathers in alarm. Do you prefer a feather pillow or a foam pillow?你喜欢羽绒枕头还是海绵枕头？ The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals ala baleen bristle bristly coated cowhide dander downy fleece furry mane plumule sable seashell spine spinneret spiny vibrissa whalebone whiskery Idioma feather in your cap feather verb[ T ] sailing specializeduk /ˈfeð.ər/ us /ˈfeð.ɚ/ to turn oars (= poles with flat ends used to move a boat) so that the flat parts are horizontal above the water while you prepare for the next pull（桨叶与水面平行地）划（桨） Rowing bow bowman canvas cox four oar oarsman oarswoman out-row row rower rowing scull sculling shell Idiomfeather your own nest feather | American Dictionaryfeather noun[ C ] us/ˈfeð·ər/ one of the long, light objects that cover a bird’s body, having soft fibers along each side of a thin, stiff, central stem Idiomfeather in your cap Examples of featherfeather Different birds, for example, share features such as flying, having feathers, etc., but none with tools, such as hammer and screwdriver. The initiate on the right also wears this ornament, and even the sun deity in the medallion has exchanged his customary diadem for heron feathers. They represent two serpent helmets worn by two human figures (warriors?) and two feathered eye (war?) serpents. In the instance of bird feathers, it has generated design for the function of flight. Once feathers evolved, one needs to know about their development in the individual. The jagged feathers appearing from behind the birds are wings. The technique involves feathering the matchline of an anterior electron beam and shallow tangents 0.5-1 cm each day during treatment. He smelt strongly of perfumed oil and carried with him a number of peacock feathers and a bundle of grubby charms. The black feathers that identified their specialist unit are much in evidence. The birds' feathers appear ruffled, the comb pale; the birds cease to perch, and, as the disease advances, they lie prostrate upon the ground. Other feathers on a bird do not exhibit obvious modification for flight. Bearing two sons, the wife informs her children that they must collect feathers because they are akin to birds. He enthusiastically adopted flowers and feathers - but the particular flowers and feathers he chose were items too big to be female accessories. Evaluation of the parameters needed to describe the overall growth, the chemical growth, and the growth of feathers and breast muscles of broilers. The bird has long wings with pink feathers. See all examples of feather These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withfeatherfeatherThese are words often used in combination with feather. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. blue feather Undertail coverts white; in adult males usually with some bluefeather tips. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. brown feather From the fifth week they are covered in dark brown feathers flecked with white. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. chicken feathers I would also raise the point of the import of chicken feathers. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with feather |
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