;羽毛 A bird's feathers are the soft covering on its body. Each feather consists of a lot of smooth hairs on each side of a thin stiff centre.
...a hat that she had made herself from black ostrich feathers.
她用黑色鸵鸟羽毛给自己做的帽子
...a feather bed.
羽毛褥垫床
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[PHRASE 短语]同类的人;志趣相投的人;一丘之貉 If you describe two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have very similar characteristics, interests, or beliefs.
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She and my mother were birds of a feather.
她和我妈妈是一个类型的人。
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[PHRASE 短语]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 a feather in their cap, you mean that they can be proud of it or that it might bring them some advantage.
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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。
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to feather one's nest→see:
nest
; to ruffle someone's feathers→see:
ruffle
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fea·ther★/ˈfeðə(r); NAmEˈfeðər/
noun
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verb
featherfeathersfeatheredfeatheringnoun★ _birds_comp.jpg _feather.jpg one of the many soft light parts covering a bird's body 羽毛;翎毛◆a peacock feather孔雀羽毛◆a feather pillow (= one containing feathers)羽绒枕头IDIOMa ˈfeather in your capan action that you can be proud of 可引以自豪的行为ORIGINThis idiom comes from the Native American custom of giving a feather to sb who had been very brave in battle. 此习语源自美国土著的风俗,把一根羽毛奖赏给在战斗中表现英勇的人。☞more at
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v.verbIDIOMfeather your (own) ˈnestto make yourself richer, especially by spending money on yourself that should be spent on sth else 中饱私囊☞more at
1feather (1)one of the light soft things that cover a bird’s body: an ostrich featherfeather bed/pillow etc (=a bed etc that is filled with feathers)2a feather in your cap something you have done that you should be proud of → light as a feather
at light2(4)
, → birds of a feather
at bird(5)
, → ruffle somebody’s feathers
at ruffle1(2)
feather1 noun
feather2 verb
featherfeather2 verb [transitive]
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1feather your nest to get money by dishonest methods2to put feathers on an arrow → tar and feather somebody
at tar2(3)
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