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feather in cap

/feth-er/US // ˈfɛð ər //UK // (ˈfɛðə) //

羽翼丰满,羽翼未丰,帽子,羽毛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.
    • : something very light, small, or trivial: Your worry is a mere feather.
    • : Archery. one of the vanes at the tail of an arrow or dart.
    • : Carpentry. a spline for joining the grooved edges of two boards.
    • : Masonry. See under plug and feathers.
    • : a featherlike flaw, especially in a precious stone.
    • : Machinery. feather key.
    • : Archaic. attire.
    • : Obsolete. plumage.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to grow feathers.
    • : to be or become feathery in appearance.
    • : to move like feathers.
    • : Rowing. to feather an oar.
  1. 1
    • : feather into, South Midland U.S. to attack vigorously.

Phrases

  • 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

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
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as inreward
as intriumph

Examples

  • 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.