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