feather

英 [ˈfeðə(r)]

美 [ˈfeðər]

n.  羽毛; 翎毛
v.  为(箭等)装上羽毛(或箭翎); 给…以薄边，削薄(木板、剃刀等)的边; 平掠回桨

复数：feathers　过去式：feathered　现在分词：feathering　过去分词：feathered　第三人称单数：feathers　

高考CET4CET6考研IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.4798 / COCA.4531

习惯用语

n.

a feather in your cap
• 可引以自豪的行为
  an action that you can be proud of
birds of a feather (flock together)
• 同类的人（聚在一起）；物以类聚
  people of the same sort (are found together)
you could have knocked me down with a feather
• （表示惊奇）
  used to express surprise
ruffle sb's/a few feathers
• 激怒；骚扰；使不安
  to annoy or upset sb or a group of people
• 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。
smooth (sb's) ruffled feathers
• 使息怒；劝解
  to make sb feel less angry or offended

v.

feather your (own) nest
• 中饱私囊
  to make yourself richer, especially by spending money on yourself that should be spent on sth else
tar and feather sb
• 把…浑身涂上沥青并粘上羽毛（作为惩罚）；严惩
  to put tar on sb then cover them with feathers, as a punishment

牛津词典

noun

• 羽毛；翎毛
  one of the many soft light parts covering a bird's body
  1. a peacock feather
     孔雀羽毛
  2. a feather pillow (= one containing feathers)
     羽绒枕头

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

• See also:...a hat that she had made herself from black ostrich feathers....a feather bed.feathered
• PHRASE 同类的人;志趣相投的人;一丘之貉
  If you describe two people asbirds of a feather, you mean that they have very similar characteristics, interests, or beliefs.
  1. She and my mother were birds of a feather.
     她和我妈妈是一个类型的人。
• PHRASE 可引以为豪的事;荣耀的事;有好处的事
  If you describe something that someone has achieved as afeather intheircap, you mean that they can be proud of it or that it might bring them some advantage.
  1. Harry's appointment to this important post was a feather in his cap.
     哈里被任命担任如此要职，这是件荣耀的事。
• tofeatherone'snest→ see:nest

英英释义

noun

• turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
  Synonym:feathering
• the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
  Synonym:plumeplumage

verb

• grow feathers
  1. The young sparrows are fledging already
  Synonym:fledge
• turn the oar, while rowing
  Synonym:square
• turn the paddle
  Synonym:square
• cover or fit with feathers
• join tongue and groove, in carpentry

双语例句

• Harry's appointment to this important post was a feather in his cap.
  哈里被任命担任如此要职，这是件荣耀的事。
• He has conspired against me like the rest, and they are but birds of a feather.
  他和其余的人一样阴谋同我作对，他们是一丘之貉。
• Are they two birds of a feather, as you say?
  他们俩是不是像你们说的是半斤八两呢？
• The stem of the bird feather is usually hollow.
  鸟羽毛的羽轴一般是中空的。
• The feather wavered to the floor.
  羽毛飘摇落地。
• Though death befalls all men alike, it may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.& all men must die, but some die a more meaningful death than others.
  人固有一死，死有重于泰山，或轻于鸿毛。（司马迁《报任少卿书》）
• Though death befalls all men alike, it may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.
  人固有一死，或重于泰山，或轻于鸿毛。
• I tickled him with a feather.
  我用羽毛搔他的痒。
• The feather floated lightly in the air.
  羽毛轻盈地飘在空中。
• One's death may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.
  死有重于泰山，有轻于鸿毛。