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feather-veined

/feth-er-veynd/US // ˈfɛð ərˌveɪnd //

羽绒服,羽毛纹,羽毛状的脉络,羽绒服的特点

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : having a series of veins branching from each side of the midrib toward the margin; pinnately veined.

Examples

  • 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.

  • Boris plunged in his hand and drew out an exquisite marble thing, blue-veined, rose-tinted, and glistening with opalescent drops.

  • 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.