feather
noun /ˈfeðə(r)/
/ˈfeðər/
Idioms - enlarge imageone of the many soft light parts covering a bird’s body
羽毛；翎毛 - a peacock feather
孔雀羽毛 - tail/flight/wing feathers
尾巴/飞行/翅膀羽毛 - a feather pillow (= one containing feathers)
羽绒枕头
Topics Birdsb2- I had to pluck the dead hen's feathers.
我不得不拔掉死母鸡的羽毛。 - Its feathers were ruffled by the chill breeze.
寒风吹乱了它的羽毛。 - The chicks have grown their adult feathers.
这些小鸡已经长出了成年鸡的羽毛。 - The owl fluffed out its feathers.
猫头鹰抖开了羽毛。 - a fledgling with new flight feathers
刚长出飞羽的幼鸟 - a swan preening its feathers
一只正在用喙整理羽毛的天鹅 - the downy feathers on the duck's breast
鸭子胸部的绒羽
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- breast
- neck
- tail
- …
- preen
- fluff
- fluff out
- …
- bed
- mattress
- pillow
- …
- as light as a feather
词源Old English fether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veer and German Feder, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit patra ‘wing’, Latin penna ‘feather’, and Greek pteron, pterux ‘wing’. - a peacock feather
Idioms
birds of a feather (flock together)
- (saying) people of the same sort (are found together)
同类的人（聚在一起）；物以类聚
a feather in your cap
- an action that you can be proud of
可引以自豪的行为
ruffle somebody’s/a few feathers
- (informal) to annoy or upset somebody or a group of people
激怒；骚扰；使不安 - The senator's speech ruffled a few feathers in the business world.
这位参议员的讲话惹恼了一些商界人士。
- The senator's speech ruffled a few feathers in the business world.
smooth (somebody’s) ruffled feathers
- to make somebody feel less angry or offended
使息怒；劝解
you could have knocked me down with a feather
- (informal) used to express surprise
（表示惊奇）