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单词 feather
释义
feather
feðəʳ ˈfɛðər
Word forms: plural feathers
1 N-COUNT 羽毛 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.

    她用黑色鸵鸟羽毛给自己做的帽子

  • ...a feather bed.

    羽毛褥垫床

SYN plume
2See also:feathered 
3 PHRASE 同类的人;志趣相投的人;一丘之貉 If you describe two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have very similar characteristics, interests, or beliefs. 同类的人;志趣相投的人;一丘之貉
  • She and my mother were birds of a feather.

    她和我妈妈是一个类型的人。

4 PHRASE [usually verb-link 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 a feather in their cap, you mean that they can be proud of it or that it might bring them some advantage. 可引以为豪的事;荣耀的事;有好处的事
  • 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。

5 to feather one's nest→see: nest  to ruffle someone's feathers→see: ruffle 
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