Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #4798
feather
给…装上羽毛;给箭装上箭羽
to cover or furnish something with feathers; to fletch an arrow
- 1.
To cover or furnish with feathers; (when of an arrow) to fletch.
用羽毛覆盖或装饰;(指箭)装上羽毛。
- 2.
To adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe.
装饰,如同用羽毛;加边饰。
- 3.
To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
以羽毛的方式或外观排列。
- 4.
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
木工中的榫槽接合
- 5.
To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
在桨离开水面时旋转桨以减少风阻。
- 6.
To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.
通过将飞机螺旋桨的叶片旋转至与螺旋桨轴垂直的方向来流线化,当发动机关闭时,以防止螺旋桨在飞行中空转。
- 7.
To finely shave or bevel an edge.
精细地刨削或斜切边缘。
- 8.
To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.
将图像的像素与背景或相邻图像的像素混合或融合。
- 9.
Of written or printed ink: to take on a blurry appearance as a result of spreading through the receiving medium.
书写或印刷墨水因渗入介质而显得模糊。
- 10.
To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
使轻如羽毛;赋予翅膀。
- 11.
To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
使丰富;提升;使受益。
- 12.
To tread, as a cockerel.
(公鸡)踩踏。
- 13.
To move the cue back and forth along the bridge in preparation for striking the cue ball.
在球杆支架上来回移动球杆准备击球。
- 14.
To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.
瞄准时意外用球杆尖端碰到母球。
- 15.
To touch lightly, like (or as if with) a feather.
像羽毛一样轻触。
- 16.
To move softly, like a feather.
像羽毛一样轻柔地移动。
用羽毛装饰;饰以羽毛;使呈羽毛状;榫槽接合;平桨;顺桨
In use
The carpenter feathered the oak planks for the cabinet.
She is feathering the edges of the panels before assembly.
He feathers each joint with precision to ensure a perfect fit.
Verb forms
base feather · third person feathers · -ing feathering · past feathered · past participle feathered
木工中拼接榫卯
Connections
Collocations
- feather one's nest
- 中饱私囊;借机自肥
- The corrupt manager feathered his nest with company funds.这名腐败的经理利用公司资金中饱私囊。
- feather an arrow
- 给箭装上箭羽
- He feathered his arrows with goose quills.他用鹅羽给箭装上箭羽。
- feather the oars
- (划船时)将桨叶转为水平以减小风阻
- Rowers feather the oars when rowing into a strong wind.逆强风划船时,桨手会把桨叶转为水平以减小风阻。
- feather the propeller
- 给螺旋桨顺桨(使桨叶与气流平行)
- The pilot feathered the propeller after the engine failed.发动机故障后,飞行员给螺旋桨顺桨以减少阻力。
- feather a selection
- 羽化选区(使选区边缘的像素柔和过渡)
- Feather the selection slightly before applying the filter.在应用滤镜之前,先将选区稍微羽化。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想:羽毛(feather)很轻,动词就是“装上羽毛”——给箭装箭羽、给东西饰羽毛,想到轻盈的羽毛就能想起这个动作。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:划船/桨手操作、航空/发动机桨叶、图像处理/编辑、制箭/箭羽安装 该词作动词时语域比较多样,通常取决于搭配领域:在划船、航空、图像处理等场景中多作专业术语,语气偏正式或中性;在一般描写中表示“用羽毛装饰”则偏书面/文学。日常口语中单独使用较少,宜按实际语境判断。
Grammar Note
作及物动词,在木工领域指将榫头嵌入榫槽中连接。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上六个词都与 feather 押韵,结尾为 /ɛðɚ/:leather, weather, whether, heather, tether, nether。其中 weather 和 whether 同音。拼写注意:feather, leather, weather, heather 含 -eather,而 whether, tether, nether 写作 -ether。小心拼写相似但不押韵的词,如 father /ˈfɑːðɚ/、rather /ˈræðɚ/、other /ˈʌðɚ/ 和 brother /ˈbrʌðɚ/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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