1N-COUNT 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. 羽毛
...a hat that she had made herself from black ostrich feathers.
3PHRASE 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. 同类的人;志趣相投的人;一丘之貉
She and my mother were birds of a feather.
她和我妈妈是一个类型的人。
4PHRASE [usually verb-link 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 a feather in their cap, you mean that they can be proud of it or that it might bring them some advantage. 可引以为豪的事;荣耀的事;有好处的事
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。
5 to feather one's nest→see: nest to ruffle someone's feathers→see: ruffle
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FEATHER | FEATHER + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤breast, neck, tail, wing胸部的/頸部的/尾巴上的/翅膀上的羽毛▸➤ostrich, peacock, etc.鴕鳥毛、孔雀毛等➤flight飛羽◇a fledgling with new flight feathers剛長出飛羽的幼鳥➤primary初級飛羽▸➤downy, fluffy絨羽◇the downy feathers on the duck's breast鴨子胸部的絨羽VERB + FEATHER➤preen(鳥)用嘴整理羽毛◇a swan preening its feathers一隻正在用喙整理羽毛的天鵝➤fluff, fluff out, fluff up抖開羽毛◇The owl fluffed out its feathers.貓頭鷹抖開了羽毛。➤ruffle弄亂羽毛◇Its feathers were ruffled by the chill breeze.寒風吹亂了它的羽毛。➤pluck拔羽毛◇I had to pluck the dead hen's feathers.我不得不拔掉死母雞的羽毛。➤grow長羽毛◇The chicks have grown their adult feathers.這些小雞已經長出了成年雞的羽毛。FEATHER + NOUN➤bed, mattress, pillow羽絨褥墊/牀墊/枕頭▸➤duster羽毛撣子▸➤boa, headdress羽毛長圍巾/包頭巾PHRASES➤as light as a feather輕如鴻毛