单词 | down feather |
释义 | down feather (once / 513884 pages) n WORD FAMILY down feather: down feathers USAGE EXAMPLESThat process will happen in two to four months, as the chick’s brown down feathers are replaced by black, white and yellow adult plumage. New York Times(Feb 17, 2015) Down feathers fly and someone bends toward the fallen body. New York Times(Jun 10, 2014) Once numbering in the millions, great auks were easy prey for hunters looking for food, fishing bait, and down feathers to stuff pillows. Slate(Sep 05, 2013) n soft fine feathers Syn|Hypo|Hyper down duck down down of the duck goose downdown of the goose swan's downdown of the swan plumuledown feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds eiderdowndown of the eider duck feather, plumage, plume the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds |
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