Feather
[ 'fɛðɚ ]
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n. 羽毛，翎毛;状态，心情;种类;桨叶的水平运动;
v. 给装上羽毛，用羽毛装饰;使（桨）与水面平行;长羽毛;
📝 例句
He had certainly shown the white feather in his regiment.
他在部队里当然是贪生怕死的。
The feather wavered to the floor.
羽毛飘摇落地。
A feather bed enervates the body of a child.
小孩睡羽绒床身体会变弱。
He's careful what company he keeps."Birds of a feather flock together," he says.
他很注意结交，他说：“人以群分”。
A lady in full feather approached the sentinel on the sward.
一个衣着华丽的女人走近了草地上的哨兵。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ feat-功绩,her-她:为表彰功绩给她插上羽毛
※ father-父亲,e-拼音“鹅”:爸爸在拔鹅的羽毛
※ leather-皮革,feather-羽毛:皮革的表面,怎会长羽毛
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
feather
n
1 any of the many light fringed structures that grow from a bird's skin and cover its body 羽毛. =>illus 见插图.
2 (idm 习语) birds of a feather => bird. (be) a `feather in one's cap an achievement, etc that one can be proud of 可引以自豪的成就等
Winning the gold medal was yet another feather in her cap. 夺得金牌是她又一值得骄傲的成就. light as air/as a feather => light1. ruffle sb's feathers => ruffle. show the white feather => show2. smooth sb`s ruffled feathers => smooth2. you could have knocked me down with a feather => knock2.
feather v
1 [Tn] cover or fit (sth) with feathers 将羽毛覆盖或装在（某物）上
feather an arrow 给箭装上翎.
2 [I, Tn] (in rowing) turn (one's oar) so that it passes flat just above the surface of the water （划船时）将（桨叶）持平（略出水面而与水面平行）
The crew feathered (their oars) for the last few yards of the race. 在划船比赛到最後几码时, 全体队员回桨时把桨叶持平.
3 (idm 习语) feather one's (own) `nest (usu derog 通常作贬义) make oneself richer, more comfortable, etc, usu at sb else's expense 使自己更富足、 更舒适等（通常指牺牲他人的利益）; 中饱私囊. tar and feather sb => tar1 v.
🎯 考研助记
父亲(father)的被子(e)是 羽毛做的
🔁 扩展释义
*['feðә]n. 羽毛vi. 长羽毛vt. 用羽毛装饰【化】 羽毛; 毛刺相关词组: knock sb down with a feather
📖 同为「初中」词汇
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the New York City Ballet, the New York Philharmonic.
纽约市芭蕾舞团， 纽约爱乐的大本营。
Thank you for helping me.
谢谢你帮了我的忙。
Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.
不管怎么说，正如布赖恩指出的那样，戒烟是世界上最容易的事情，