feather

Word family adjectivefeatheredfeatherlikefeatherynounfeatherinessfeatheringfeatherbeddingfeather dusterfeatherweightfeatherverbfeatherbed

Related topics: Birds

feath·er1 /ˈfeðə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

HBBone of the light soft things that cover a bird’s body 羽毛，翎

an ostrich feather

一根鸵鸟羽毛

feather bed/pillow etc (=a bed etc that is filled with feathers) 羽绒褥垫/枕头等

2. a feather in your cap DOsomething you have done that you should be proud of 值得自豪的成就，卓越的成就

Examples from the Corpus

a feather in your cap• This'll be a feather in her cap, right enough, a princess named after her.• It will be quite a feather in his cap if Cambridge win today.

→ light as a feather at light2(4), → birds of a feather at bird(5), → ruffle somebody’s feathers at ruffle1(2)

Examples from the Corpus

feather• The baby slept in the bottom drawer of the dresser: the kitten had a feather cushion.• This is a hook which has material and feathers tied on to it.• Today, the cheapest chicken feed consists of fishmeal, chicken feathers and chicken innards.• an eagle feather• This makes the wings very soft to the touch and probably cuts down noise from feathers moving against one another during flight.• A little feather here or some kind of detail livens the moment.• Those cells which can form pigment migrate beneath the skin and enter all the feather germs.• In the latter method, the feathers are removed after a hot-water bath.• Their voices were feathers, falling leaves, water seeping into its table.

feather bed/pillow etc• Without Rice to fall back on like a feather bed of dreams, the 49ers made the transition from specificity to diversity.• It's far better to ruin a feather pillow than let yourself overflow in violent behaviour.

单词	feather
释义	feather Word family adjectivefeatheredfeatherlikefeatherynounfeatherinessfeatheringfeatherbeddingfeather dusterfeatherweightfeatherverbfeatherbed Related topics: Birds feath·er1 /ˈfeðə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 HBBone of the light soft things that cover a bird’s body 羽毛，翎 an ostrich feather 一根鸵鸟羽毛 feather bed/pillow etc (=a bed etc that is filled with feathers) 羽绒褥垫/枕头等 2. a feather in your cap DOsomething you have done that you should be proud of 值得自豪的成就，卓越的成就 Examples from the Corpus a feather in your cap• This'll be a feather in her cap, right enough, a princess named after her.• It will be quite a feather in his cap if Cambridge win today. → light as a feather at light2(4), → birds of a feather at bird(5), → ruffle somebody’s feathers at ruffle1(2) Examples from the Corpus feather• The baby slept in the bottom drawer of the dresser: the kitten had a feather cushion.• This is a hook which has material and feathers tied on to it.• Today, the cheapest chicken feed consists of fishmeal, chicken feathers and chicken innards.• an eagle feather• This makes the wings very soft to the touch and probably cuts down noise from feathers moving against one another during flight.• A little feather here or some kind of detail livens the moment.• Those cells which can form pigment migrate beneath the skin and enter all the feather germs.• In the latter method, the feathers are removed after a hot-water bath.• Their voices were feathers, falling leaves, water seeping into its table. feather bed/pillow etc• Without Rice to fall back on like a feather bed of dreams, the 49ers made the transition from specificity to diversity.• It's far better to ruin a feather pillow than let yourself overflow in violent behaviour. Related topics: Other sports feather2 verb [transitiveT] 1. feather your nest RICHto get money by dishonest methods 营私自肥，中饱私囊 Examples from the Corpus feather your nest• But they were all like that, more or less, all interested in feathering their nests at his expense.• Wetherby may have decided to feather his nest by blackmail.• The Bolshoi is full of indolent time-servers, more interested in feathering their nests than in Swan Lake.• So long as they were in favour, they were free to feather their nests, which Andrei did as industriously as anyone else. 2. DSOto put feathers on an arrow 为〔箭〕装翎 → tar and feather somebody at tar2(3) Examples from the Corpus feather• It was still a quarter of a mile beyond the line-up and it was already feathering.• The primary bevels were ground back and feathered away on the grindstone, taking care not to overheat and destroy the temper.• A small shiver of apprehension feathered her spine.• So long as they were in favour, they were free to feather their nests, which Andrei did as industriously as anyone else. Origin feather1 Old English fether
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