feather
英 [ˈfeðə(r)] 美 [ˈfɛðɚ]

n.

羽毛，翎毛；状态，心情；种类；桨叶的水平运动

v.

给装上羽毛，用羽毛装饰；使（桨）与水面平行；长羽毛；

变形

复数：feathers过去式：feathered过去分词：feathered现在分词：feathering第三人称单数：feathers

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]羽毛 any of the many light fringed structures that grow from a bird's skin and cover its body

英英释义

feather[ 'feðə ]

• n.
  • the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

    同义词：plumeplumage

  • turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls

    同义词：feathering

• v.
  • join tongue and groove, in carpentry
  • cover or fit with feathers
  • turn the paddle; in canoeing

    同义词：square

  • turn the oar, while rowing

    同义词：square

  • grow feathers

    同义词：fledge

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• have feathers有羽毛
• pluck a feather拔羽毛
• make the feathers fly引起争吵〔斗争〕
• show the white feather显示懦弱,表现胆怯

形容词+～

• beautiful feathers美丽的羽毛
• fine feathers好羽毛,好的外表
• white feathers白色的羽毛

名词+～

• tail feathers尾巴上的长翎毛,尾翎毛

介词+～

• in fine〔good〕 feather情绪很好
• in full feather穿着盛装
• in high feather情绪很好
• knock sb down with a feather使某人十分惊奇

词组短语

birds of a feather n. 一丘之貉

white feather白羽毛（怯懦的象征）；胆怯，害怕

feather fan羽毛扇

feather duster羽毛掸帚；鸡毛帚

ruffle one's feathers发怒，不开心

in full feather ◎盛装，穿戴得整整齐齐 , ◎(如运动员等)精神饱满，精力充沛，健康状况良好

feather out减弱；逐渐消失

feather bed羽毛褥垫；羽毛铺盖；安适的处境

feather yarn羽毛纱

更多收起词组短语

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Feather is very light, so that we say "as light as a feather".
   羽毛很轻，因此我们说“轻如鸿毛”。
2. A feather floated down on the wind.
   一根羽毛随风飘落。
3. The peacock displayed its fine tail feather.
   那只孔雀展现其美丽的尾部羽毛。
4. Birds of a feather flock together.
   物以类聚，人以群分
5. I am not of that feather.
   我不是那一种人。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

1. The chick will soon feather out.
   这只小鸡很快就要长羽毛了。

权威例句

The structure of feather rachis keratin
SPECIATION AND FEATHER ORNAMENTATION IN BIRDS
Ptilochronology: Feather Growth Bars as Indicators of Nutritional Status
THE ENERGETIC COST OF FEATHER SYNTHESIS IS PROPORTIONAL TO BASAL METABOLIC-RATE
Quantifying nitrogen-fixation in feather moss carpets of boreal forests.
Identification of hair and feather remains in the gut and faeces of stoats and weasels
B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a bird of a different feather.
Rate of moult affects feather quality: a mechanism linking current reproductive effort to future survival
Isolation, identification, and characterization of a feather-degrading bacterium.
Local inhibitory action of BMPs and their relationships with activators in feather formation: Implications for periodic patterning