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BNC: 4798 COCA: 4531

feather

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Related topics: Birds
feath·er1 /ˈfeðə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  feather.jpg HBBone of the light soft things that cover a bird’s body 羽毛，翎
 an ostrich feather
一根鸵鸟羽毛
feather bed/pillow etc (=a bed etc that is filled with feathers) 羽绒褥垫/枕头等
2. a feather in your cap DOsomething you have done that you should be proud of 值得自豪的成就，卓越的成就
Examples from the Corpus
a feather in your cap• This'll be a feather in her cap, right enough, a princess named after her.• It will be quite a feather in his cap if Cambridge win today.
→ light as a feather at light2(4), → birds of a feather at bird(5), → ruffle somebody’s feathers at ruffle1(2)
Examples from the Corpus
feather• The baby slept in the bottom drawer of the dresser: the kitten had a feather cushion.• This is a hook which has material and feathers tied on to it.• Today, the cheapest chicken feed consists of fishmeal, chicken feathers and chicken innards.• an eagle feather• This makes the wings very soft to the touch and probably cuts down noise from feathers moving against one another during flight.• A little feather here or some kind of detail livens the moment.• Those cells which can form pigment migrate beneath the skin and enter all the feather germs.• In the latter method, the feathers are removed after a hot-water bath.• Their voices were feathers, falling leaves, water seeping into its table.
feather bed/pillow etc• Without Rice to fall back on like a feather bed of dreams, the 49ers made the transition from specificity to diversity.• It's far better to ruin a feather pillow than let yourself overflow in violent behaviour.
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feather2 verb [transitiveT]  
1. feather your nest RICHto get money by dishonest methods 营私自肥，中饱私囊
Examples from the Corpus
feather your nest• But they were all like that, more or less, all interested in feathering their nests at his expense.• Wetherby may have decided to feather his nest by blackmail.• The Bolshoi is full of indolent time-servers, more interested in feathering their nests than in Swan Lake.• So long as they were in favour, they were free to feather their nests, which Andrei did as industriously as anyone else.
2. DSOto put feathers on an arrow 为〔箭〕装翎
→ tar and feather somebody at tar2(3)
Examples from the Corpus
feather• It was still a quarter of a mile beyond the line-up and it was already feathering.• The primary bevels were ground back and feathered away on the grindstone, taking care not to overheat and destroy the temper.• A small shiver of apprehension feathered her spine.• So long as they were in favour, they were free to feather their nests, which Andrei did as industriously as anyone else.
Origin feather1
Old English fether
feath·er1 nounfeather2 verb
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BNC: 4798 COCA: 4531
feather

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + FEATHER | FEATHER + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤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
BNC: 4798 COCA: 4531
BNC: 4798 COCA: 4531
feather
Parts of birds: beak, bill, breast...
Words used to describe furniture and furnishings: feather, fitted, foldaway...
To earn or to get money: monetize, earn, recover...

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