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

• Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles.
  东北非热带植物，有羽状圆锥花序。
• 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。
• This morning, it began to snow with feathery flakes. I liked the snow shower and started to play in the snow with my buddies.
  留学解答资讯网：1。今天早晨下起了鹅毛般的大雪，我非常喜欢，便和小伙伴在雪中玩耍。
• Dasey was only just conscious, but she was able to communicate with a faint nod, and a feathery touch of her fingers on the back of my hand.
  德茜仅仅是有知觉，但她能用微微的点头和在我的手背上轻轻抚摩进行交流。
• Feathery palm trees. monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
  澳大拉西亚一个单子叶棕榈树属。
• 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。
• Large treelike shrub having feathery leaves and clusters of large yellow flower heads; coastal southern california.
  象树一样的大灌木具有羽状的叶子和大的黄色花序；分布于加利福尼亚南海岸。
• 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 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。
• 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。