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
- 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 altars were adorned with orange feathers, chrysanthemums and gold cloth.
圣坛用橘黄色的羽毛，菊花和金线织物装饰着。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He feathered arrows with duck's feathers.
他用鸭毛给箭装上箭翎。 - 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。