| 单词 | feather |
| 释义 | feather (once / 183 pages) 1nv 2vn 3v 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. Feathers are the main characteristic that separates birds from all other animals. Scientifically, feathers are described as growths or appendages that form on a bird's skin — but this definition can't capture how lovely feathers are. When feather is a verb, it usually means to turn or rotate an oar, paddle, or propeller so that it's parallel to the surface of the water. WORD FAMILYfeather: feathered, feathering, featherless, featherlike, feathers, feathery+/feathered: unfeathered/feathering: featherings/feathery: featheriness USAGE EXAMPLESOn New Year’s Eve, anything with feathers and a pulse was counted by about 200 birders from dawn until almost dusk. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) At first it was pretty standard fare: She posed, framed by feathers, as a glittering pop princess through a pristine, apparently lip-synced “Auld Lang Syne.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Reliefs that once displayed gods and mythical creatures are reduced to random chunks showing a hand or a few feathers of a genie’s wing. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds Syn|Hypo|Hyper plumage, plume down, down feather soft fine feathers aftershafta supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds contour featherfeathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shape alula, bastard wing, spurious wingtuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing marabouthe downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments hacklelong slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants flight feather, pinion, quill, quill featherany of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird scapulara feather covering the shoulder of a bird duck downdown of the duck goose downdown of the goose swan's downdown of the swan plumuledown feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds saddle feather, saddle hacklea long narrow feather on the back (saddle) of a domestic fowl primary, primary feather, primary quillone of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing tail featherfeather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird body covering any covering for the body or a body part animal materialmaterial derived from animals 2v cover or fit with feathers Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered 3v grow feathers 2Syn|Hyper fledge acquire, develop, get, grow, produce come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) 1v turn the oar, while rowing Syn|Hyper square row propel with oars 2v turn the paddle; in canoeing Syn|Hyper square paddle propel with a paddle 3n turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls 3Syn|Hyper feathering rotary motion, rotation the act of rotating as if on an axis v join tongue and groove, in carpentry Hyper conjoin, join make contact or come together |
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