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downy

/dou-nee/US // ˈdaʊ ni //UK // (ˈdaʊnɪ) //

绒毛,羽绒服,绒毛的,绒毛虫

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    down·i·er, down·i·est.

    • : of the nature of or resembling down; fluffy; soft.
    • : made of down.
    • : covered with down.
    • : soft; soothing.

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Examples

  • I’ve seen owls nest in snags and, later, their downy owlets fledge into the world.

  • Hudson’s voice, at once resonant and downy-light, is no match for Franklin’s—no one’s is.

  • Never, ever—and I mean ever—would a beach-bound Delmarvan say, “Let’s go downy ocean,” as a “Baltimoron” famously would.

  • "Then the rainiest June since the 1950s helped the spread of downy and powdery mildew" he told The Telegraph.

  • So with a fearful growl, and a bark that might have frightened a lion, Bravo made a leap and a spring after poor little Downy.

  • The nests are composed of the downy mosses of plants fastened together with the fibres of flax.

  • Downy dainty pompons of smoke burst out in the heavens below it and above it and all about it.

  • The breast feathers of the turkey and the downy feathers of the eagle are attached to the sticks.

  • Every downy-faced youth among the whites expected him to salute him as a king: he, the descendant of kings.