【feather音标】 英[ˈfeðə(r)] 美[ˈfeðər]
【单词释义】 feather是什么意思：
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
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] feathers [第三人称单数] feathers
[单词现在分词] feathering
[单词过去式] feathered
[单词过去分词] feathered
【feather形近词/近似词】
leather n.皮，皮革
weather n.天气 v.晒干，风化；退色，变色
【单词例句】
◇ With rustling feathers, they swam lightly over the water. The duckling recognized the majestic birds, and he was overcome by a strange melancholy.
他们轻飘飘地浮在水上，羽毛发出飕飕的响声。小鸭认出这些高贵的鸟儿，于是心里感到一种说不出的难过。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ So on the wedding day, a splendid carriage drove up to the door. It was drawn by eight white horses. They had white feathers on their heads and golden harnesses, and by the side of the carriage stood the prince's faithful steward, Harry.
于是在他们结婚的那一天，一辆华丽的马车开到门口。那是一辆由８匹白马所拉的马车。马头上都装饰着白色的羽毛，全身套着金色的马具，在马车的一旁站着王子的忠实仆人哈利。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ After a series of initial experiments and corrections, the scientist’s hard work paid off when the twin clone turkeys were hatched with normal feather and claws.
在最初一系列的实验和修正之后，科学家的辛苦工作终于取得了成功，一对双生的克隆火鸡孵化出来，羽毛和爪子都很正常。
◇ She then laid twenty mattresses one upon another over the three peas, and put twenty feather beds over the mattresses.
于是她取出二十床垫子，把它们压在三粒豌豆上。随后，她又在这些垫子上放了二十床鸭绒被。
---- The Real Princess
◇ In a recent study that assessed the level of fungal contamination in bedding, researchers found that feather and synthetic pillows between 1.5 and 20 years old can contain between four and 17 different species of fungus.
最近的一项研究评估了床上用品的真菌污染水平，研究人员发现，使用年限在1.5年和20年之间的羽绒和化纤枕头含有4到17种不同的真菌。
---- How often you should wash your bed sheets?
◇ The older brothers went for their brides in garlanded carriages drawn by four horses, and the brides climbed in, decked with feathers and jewels.
两个哥哥坐着四匹马拉的车去接新娘，马车上饰满了漂亮的鲜花，两位新娘一身羽毛和珠宝，登上了马车。
---- The Prince Who Married a Frog
◇ It is not only a beautiful human envy male peacock tail feathers, and even the male peacock itself because of this beautiful and intoxicating, as well as to further develop the bad habits of jealousy.
岂止是人类羡慕雄孔雀美丽的尾羽，就连这雄孔雀自身也因这美丽而陶醉，以至进一步养成了嫉妒的恶习。
---- The Peacock