英语词汇“down feather”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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down feather

down feather n. a feather of the type from which the down of birds is composed, having a short shaft and soft loose barbules which are not linked together by hooks.

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1722 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 32 104 A Down Feather tied to the end of a small Stick.

1882 H. N. Martin & W. A. Moale Handbk. Vertebr. Dissect. ii. 97 Lying beneath the contour feathers are down feathers (plumulæ).

1959 C. J. Hylander Feathers & Flight i. 10 Down feathers are the first body covering of baby birds.

2005 D. Couzens Collins Birds 40 Cormorants and shags... Only the inner layer of down feathers keeps the skin dry, while the rest of the plumage periodically gets soaked.

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单词	down feather
释义	> as lemmas down feather down feather n. a feather of the type from which the down of birds is composed, having a short shaft and soft loose barbules which are not linked together by hooks. ΚΠ 1722 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 32 104 A Down Feather tied to the end of a small Stick. 1882 H. N. Martin & W. A. Moale Handbk. Vertebr. Dissect. ii. 97 Lying beneath the contour feathers are down feathers (plumulæ). 1959 C. J. Hylander Feathers & Flight i. 10 Down feathers are the first body covering of baby birds. 2005 D. Couzens Collins Birds 40 Cormorants and shags... Only the inner layer of down feathers keeps the skin dry, while the rest of the plumage periodically gets soaked. extracted from downn.² < as lemmas
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