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
- The peacock displayed its fine tail feathers for us.
孔雀为我们展示了它美丽的尾羽。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 are important to birds.
羽毛对鸟很重要。 - Newly-hatched chicks have downy feathers.
刚孵出来的小鸡长着一身氄毛。 - In bed, I rest my head on a soft pillow filled with feathers.
我躺在床上，将头枕在柔软的羽绒枕上。 - The hides and feathers are missing.
兽皮和羽毛都不见了。 - 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。