| Front | feather |
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| Back | 牛津8  noun, verbBrE /ˈfeðə(r)/NAmE /ˈfeðər/   noun  word origin  example bank one of the many soft light parts covering a bird's bodya peacock feather a feather pillow (= one containing feathers)a ˈfeather in your capan action that you can be proud of This idiom comes from the Native American custom of giving a feather to sb who had been very brave in battle. more at birds of a feather (flock together) at bird,you could have knocked me down with a feather atknock v., ruffle sb's/a few feathers at ruffle v.,smooth sb's ruffled feathers at smooth v.verb  verb forms  word origin feather your (own) ˈnestto make yourself richer, especially by spending money on yourself that should be spent on sth else more at tar and feather sb at tar v. 牛津7双解 柯林斯2008 |
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