feathery

英 [ˈfeðəri]

美 [ˈfeðəri]

adj.  轻软的; 羽毛似的

BNC.21229 / COCA.17736

牛津词典

adj.

• 轻软的；羽毛似的
  light and soft; like feathers

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 羽毛似的;羽状的;轻薄的;绒绒的
  If something isfeathery, it has an edge divided into a lot of thin parts so that it looks soft.
  1. The foliage was soft and feathery.
     叶子如羽毛般轻软柔和。
• ADJ-GRADED 轻软的;轻柔的
  Featheryis used to describe things that are soft and light.
  1. ...flurries of small, feathery flakes of snow.
     飘洒着轻柔小雪花的阵雪

英英释义

adj

• adorned with feathers or plumes
  Synonym:featheredplumy
• characterized by a covering of feathers
  1. the feathery congregation of jays
• resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers
  1. feathery palm trees
  Synonym:featherlike

双语例句

• Large treelike shrub having feathery leaves and clusters of large yellow flower heads; coastal southern california.
  象树一样的大灌木具有羽状的叶子和大的黄色花序；分布于加利福尼亚南海岸。
• Free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms.
  自由飘浮的无柄海百合，有十只羽状的手臂；多见于多泥的海底。
• The ghostly looking Mexican axolotl retains some of its larval features for life, including its feathery pink external gills.
  一副可怕的模样是墨西哥的蝾螈保留一些它的幼虫的特征为了生活，包括它的柔软如毛的粉红色外表的腮。
• A low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico.
  低矮的长有小球的仙人掌，有白色羽毛状的刺；墨西哥东北部。
• This spectacle drove me back immediately; I took my hat, and, after a four-miles'walk, arrived at Heathcliff's garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow-shower.
  我拿了我的帽子，走了四英里的路，刚刚到希斯克利夫先生家的花园门口，天上也飘起了雪花。
• He's almost totally bald, but makes up for it with exceptionally long and feathery eyebrows which look eager to take flight.
  他几乎完全秃顶，却有一对长而飘逸的眉毛，看似渴望升空飞翔。
• Feathery palm trees. monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
  澳大拉西亚一个单子叶棕榈树属。
• Delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United states; sometimes placed in genus thelypteris.
  美国东部一种纤细的羽叶盾蕨；有时归为金星蕨属。
• ( biology) having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft. Effect of Several Treatments on some Character of Bore-cole
  （生物学）有装饰性的羽毛或者羽毛状的丛毛。几种处理对羽衣甘蓝若干性状的影响
• Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive.
  各种小型至微小型的吸食类昆虫，若有翅膀即是窄而有毛；以树汁为食，其中许多都有破坏性。