单词 | eagle feather |
释义 | > as lemmaseagle feather eagle feather n. a feather of an eagle. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxi. 1224 An egle feþer ydo amonge coluere feþeres pilieþ and gnaweþ hem. 1788 J. Trusler Habitable World Described II. 223 All these arrows are winged with eagle-feathers, taken from the tail of the bird. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha x. 134 Hiawatha..Hardly touched his eagle-feathers As he entered at the doorway. 1932 J. Neihardt Black Elk Speaks xxiv. 260 I painted my face all red, and in my hair I put one eagle feather for the One Above. 2004 New Yorker 26 Jan. 62/2 The band was scantily clad in lederhosen and kneesocks, with boiled-wool jackets and eagle feathers in their hats. < as lemmas |
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