feather
feather 英 [ˈfeðə(r)] 美 [ˈfɛðɚ]
n. 羽毛
进行时:feathering 过去式:feathered 过去分词:feathered 第三人称单数:feathers 名词复数:feathers
- A feather is one of the soft, fringed plumes that cover the bodies of birds. Some feathers are tiny and downy, while others are large and brilliantly colored.
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- n. 羽毛
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1. The chick will soon feather out.
这只小鸡很快就要长羽毛了。
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2. He tickled my feet with a feather.
他用羽毛搔我的脚。
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3. The feather floated lightly in the air.
羽毛轻盈地飘在空中。
- feather (n.) Old English feðer "a feather; a pen," in plural, "wings," from Proto-Germanic *fethro (source also of Old Saxon fethara, Old Norse fioþr, Swedish fjäder, Middle Dutch vedere, Dutch veder, Old High German fedara, German Feder), from PIE *pet-ra-, from root *pet- "to rush, to fly."
- feather (v.) Old English fiðerian "to furnish with feathers or wings," from feðer (see feather (n.)). Meaning "to fit (an arrow) with feathers" is from early 13c.; that of "to deck, adorn, or provide with plumage" is from late 15c. In reference to oars (later paddles, propellers, etc.) from 1740, perhaps from the notion of the blade turned edgewise, or from the spray of the water as it falls off (compare nautical feather-spray, that produced by the cutwater of a fast vessel). The noun in reference to this is from the verb. Meaning "cut down to a thin edge" is from 1782, originally in woodworking. Phrase feather one's nest "enrich oneself" is from 1580s. Related: Feathered; feathering.
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