feather 的 4 个定义
- one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- kind; character; nature: two boys of the same feather.
- something like a feather, as a tuft or fringe of hair.
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- to provide with feathers, as an arrow.
- to clothe or cover with or as with feathers.
- Rowing. to turn after a stroke so that the blade becomes nearly horizontal, and hold it thus as it is moved back into position for the next stroke.
- Aeronautics. to change the blade angle of so that the chords of the blades are approximately parallel to the line of flight.to turn off while in flight.
- to grow feathers.
- to be or become feathery in appearance.
- to move like feathers.
- Rowing. to feather an oar.
- feather into, South Midland U.S. to attack vigorously.
feather 近义词
tuft of bird; plumage
由feather构成的短语
- feather in one's cap, a
- feather one's nest
- birds of a feather
- fuss and feathers
- in fine feather
- knock down with a feather
- light as a feather
- make the dust (feathers) fly
- ruffle someone's feathers
- show the white feather
- tar and feather
更多feather例句
- You can build your archery equipment with a sharp fixed-blade knife, some paracord, a flexible sapling, a few tree shoots for arrows, and a few feathers.
- Perched and upright, the birds pointed their bills upwards, fluffed their feathers and stopped moving.
- Their feathers or scales have multiple layers of intricate micro- or nanostructures to absorb light.
- The fossil find further suggests that Microraptor, which lived 120 million years ago, may have shed only a few feathers at a time — just like modern songbirds, researchers report July 16 in Current Biology.
- In a never-before-seen particle, four quarks of a feather flock together.
- And then having done that why did it actually feather, when apparently no crew command was given.
- People touched the yellow feather shroud, singing “Indian Red” as the transfer of the coffin to the vehicle was done.
- The Cessna landed like a feather on Bettles Field, a long, flat airstrip built by the Navy during World War II.
- Feather had recorded as a pianist, and although he would never put Oscar Peterson out of business, he knew his sharps and flats.
- But Cruz and Paul are speaking to significantly different audiences, despite being wacko birds of a feather.
- Clean your tube regularly, and your amber mouthpiece with a feather dipped in spirits of lavender.
- Edna was sitting on the tabouret, idly brushing the tips of a feather duster along the carpet when he came in again.
- Around her throat was a white feather boa, while her features were half concealed by the veil she wore.
- Have both a feather bed and a mattress upon the bedstead, that she may place whichever she prefers uppermost.
- He wore a cock feather over his ear, and on his head a diadem set with enormous gems.