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.
  1. She and my mother were birds of a feather.
     她和我妈妈是一个类型的人。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• tofeatherone'snest→ see:nest

双语例句

• Frequently insufficient feathers are available for the development of the framework branches.
  常常有这样的情况，即用来培养骨干枝的分枝数量不够。
• You did buy a string of goose feathers?
  你真买了一串鹅毛啊？
• 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 hides and feathers are missing.
  兽皮和羽毛都不见了。
• 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。
• 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。
• This kind of tree is interesting. It's like a peacock spreads its tail feathers.
  这种树挺有意思，跟孔雀开屏似的，当然我也在树下学了下孔雀。
• 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。
• The peacock displayed its fine tail feathers for us.
  孔雀为我们展示了它美丽的尾羽。
• All gussied up in sequins and feathers.
  全都装饰上了金属片和羽毛。