intransitive. Falconry. Of a hawk: to shake its feathers. Also in more general use of other birds.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > ruffle or raise feathers (3) rouse1486 intransitive. Falconry. Of a hawk: to shake its feathers. Also in more general use of other birds. busk1567 intransitive. Of a bird: to raise or flap the wings and ruffle or raise the feathers, as when bating (bating, n.1) or dust-bathing (obsolete); (now… brustle1648 esp. Of birds: To raise the feathers; hence figurative with reference to the turkeycock or peacock: To show off, vapour, bluster. |
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