feather
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A bird's feathers are the soft covering on its body. Each feather consists of a lot of smooth hairs on each side of a thin stiff centre. 羽毛
...a hat that she had made herself from black ostrich feathers. …她用黑色鴕鳥(niǎo)羽毛爲(wèi)自己做的一頂帽子。
2. →see also feathered
3. to ruffle someone's feathers→see ruffle
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feather /?f?e?/ (feathers)
劍橋詞典
- 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
- The bird has grey feathers with a lighter collar .
- This type of bird is very inconspicuous because of its dull feathers.
- Caged birds sometimes pluck out their breast feathers.
- The birds ruffled their feathers in alarm .
- Do you prefer a feather pillow or a foam pillow ?
羽毛；翎毛
peacock /ostrich feathers 孔雀／鴕鳥(niǎo)羽毛
feather pillows (= those containing feathers) 羽羢枕頭
The bird ruffled its feathers. 這衹鳥(niǎo)竪起了羽毛。
例句
習(xí)語(yǔ)
be (as) light as a feathera feather in your cap 返回 feather