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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico.
  低矮的长有小球的仙人掌，有白色羽毛状的刺；墨西哥东北部。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive.
  各种小型至微小型的吸食类昆虫，若有翅膀即是窄而有毛；以树汁为食，其中许多都有破坏性。