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 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。
• 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。
• Being the precocious type, I married relatively young, had kids young and got divorced young. There was a heap of old feathery wood-ashes on the hearth.
  我比较早熟，年纪轻轻就结婚生子，又在仍旧年纪轻轻的时候离了婚。壁炉上有&堆轻轻的陈年的柴灰。
• 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。
• Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles.
  东北非热带植物，有羽状圆锥花序。
• 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。
• The tops of feathery palm trees.
  羽毛状棕榈树的树顶。
• Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets.
  西班牙一种草本植物，轻薄的羽毛状圆锥花序，用作干花。
• Feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia.
  亚洲和马来西亚的一种羽状蕨类。
• 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。