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

• And one day we started saving up for a couple of lovebirds of our own: the feathery kind.
  我们开始攒钱给自己买一对情侣鹦鹉，羽毛轻软的那种。
• Aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills.
  北美长有红色柔软如羽毛的外部鳃的水栖蝾螈。
• 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。
• Large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large gray-white feathery panicles.
  多年生有根茎的高大的草本植物，见于河边、水沟，茎有接头，有巨大的灰白色羽状圆锥花序。
• Primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk.
  原始的棘皮动物，有五只或更多的软臂从中心圆盘放射状伸出。
• The tadpoles have feathery external gills.
  蝌蚪长有羽毛似的外鳃。
• Vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria.
  有皮革似叶子和粉白色花的藤蔓植物；有时归为蓝堇属。
• The tops of feathery palm trees.
  羽毛状棕榈树的树顶。
• Scientists are now finally meeting animals on their own terms instead of treating them like furry ( or feathery) humans, and this shift is fundamentally reshaping our understanding.
  现在，科学家们终于根据动物自身的情况来对待它们，不再把它们当作毛茸茸（或是长着羽毛）的人类，这个转变从根本上重塑了我们对动物的看法。
• Genus of South American shrubs or lianas having large flower heads with feathery pappuses.
  美洲灌木或攀缘植物的一个属，大头状花序，羽状冠毛。