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

• 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。
• Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces. small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace.
  海生甲壳动物，有羽毛状捕食的附肢；幼体独立游水；成体形成硬壳附着生活于水下。小型淡水甲壳动物，长有盾牌状甲壳。
• Feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia.
  亚洲和马来西亚的一种羽状蕨类。
• The foliage was soft and feathery.
  叶子如羽毛般轻软柔和。
• Large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large gray-white feathery panicles.
  多年生有根茎的高大的草本植物，见于河边、水沟，茎有接头，有巨大的灰白色羽状圆锥花序。
• 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。
• ( 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。