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featherlikefeather['feðə]- n.
- 羽,羽毛,翎毛
- (箭、帽等的)羽饰,箭翎;羽毛饰品
- 羽状物,轻如羽毛的东西
- 小事;琐事;细故;无价值的东西
- 【机械学】滑键,加强筋; (木板等上供嵌入槽内的)榫牙
- (玻璃、宝石的)羽状瑕疵
- (潜水艇上潜望镜引起的)微波;羽状回波
- (某些狗腿、颈、尾上的)丛毛
- [复数]
- 羽衣,(鸟的)全身羽毛
- (漂亮精致的)衣服,衣着,服饰
- 种类;本质
- 心情,情绪,(精神)状态;情性
- 【划船】平掠回桨
- 床;睡眠
- [俚语](女性的)阴毛
- vt.
- vi.
- (鸟)长羽毛,出羽;被羽毛覆盖:
birds feathering out 正在长羽毛的鸟 - 像羽毛般飘动(或生长,展开)
- 看来像羽毛
- 【划船】平掠回桨
- (螺旋桨)顺流交距;(旋翼)周期变距
- (印刷字迹等)化开,变模糊
- 短语:
- a feather in one's cap (或 bonnet) 可以炫耀的事物,某人的卓越成就,某人的荣誉标志
- as light as a feather 轻如鸿毛
- birds of a feather 见 bird
- crop someone's feathers 杀某人的威风,使某人威信扫地
- cut a feather
- 【航海学】(船)破浪前进
- 炫耀,出风头
- 行动敏捷
- [废语]争论过细的事情,作精细无益的区别
- cut someone out of all feather 使某人黯然失色
- feather one's nest 安家,追逐私利,中饱私囊
- find a white feather in someone's tail 发现某人有胆怯的迹象
- Fine feathers make fine birds. [讽刺语]锦衣华服只添外表美。
- in fine (或 high, good, grand) feather 身体非常健康,精神饱满,精力充沛,情绪极佳
- in full feather
- 盛装,穿戴得整整齐齐
- (如运动员等)精神饱满,精力充沛,健康状况良好
- knock someone down (或 over) with a feather 使某人十分惊奇
- make the feathers fly
- 惹乱子,引起大混乱;引起争吵(或斗争);大肆攻击;痛哭;大打出手
- 迅速完成;努力工作;大干
- mount the white feather = show the white feather
- not a feather to fly with
- —贫如洗,破产,垮台
- [俚语](考试)不及格;(应试)落选
- rise at a feather [美国口语]一碰就跳起来;一碰就冒火
- ruffle one's feathers 发怒,不开心
- ruffle someone's feathers 激怒某人,使某人不开心
- show (或 fly, mount) the white feather 表现懦弱(或胆怯)
- singe one's feathers
- 吃亏,败坏自己的名誉,因冒险而使自己遭受损失
- 失败,束手无策
- smooth one's rumpled (或ruffled) feathers (被辱骂、冒犯后)冷静下来,恢复平静
- wag (或shake)the feather 炫耀自己的地位(或荣誉)
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