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 foliage was soft and feathery.
  叶子如羽毛般轻软柔和。
• 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。
• Feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia.
  亚洲和马来西亚的一种羽状蕨类。
• 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 tadpoles have feathery external gills.
  蝌蚪长有羽毛似的外鳃。
• 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。
• ( 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
• 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。
• 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。