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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Feathery palm trees. monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
  澳大拉西亚一个单子叶棕榈树属。
• 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。
• 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。
• Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles.
  东北非热带植物，有羽状圆锥花序。
• 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。
• The tops of feathery palm trees.
  羽毛状棕榈树的树顶。