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

• The tadpoles have feathery external gills.
  蝌蚪长有羽毛似的外鳃。
• As each years snow accumulation lay on the surface, evaporation and melting caused the snowflakes slowly to lose their feathery points and become tiny grains of ice.
  由于每年的雪花积累在表面之上，蒸发和融化使得雪花慢慢失去其羽状尖端而变成微小的冰粒。
• Originally meaning pipe or flute the feathery bit at the top is the bamboo radical, indicating a section of bamboo culm gu ǎ n later evolved into a verb meaning to manage or to be in charge of.
  这个汉字的本意是管道或长笛，上面是竹字头，表示是竹秆的一部分。管字后来发展成动词，意思为管理或负责。
• 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。
• 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。
• Typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae.
  典型的晨昏或夜间活动的昆虫，身体短胖，触角柔软如发。
• 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。
• The foliage was soft and feathery.
  叶子如羽毛般轻软柔和。
• ( 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
• 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。