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

a. (as) light as a feather, lighter than a feather, etc., designating people or things of little weight. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative. Also as a modifier (usually with hyphens, in light-as-a-feather).Cf. feather-light adj. at feather n. Compounds 1d(a).

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1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) ix. sig. C.ii^v Some be mouable as the wynde, y^e other ben as lyght as a fether, some be sone angry, and some be appesed in an instaunte.

1691 Search after Wit 3 Your Authors..are as light as a Feather, And vanish like Jack-a-Lent's, Satan knows whither.

1785 Aerostatic Spy I. xii. 214 There trips along a young woman, whose heart seems as light as a feather.

1940 Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania) 23 May 14/4 (advt.) Ask to see the special Kozena quilt—‘It's lighter than a feather!’

1973 Thomasville (Georgia) Times-Enterprise 9 July 6/6 Enjoy light-as-feather biscuits without having to make them from scratch.

2003 A. Garner Thursbitch (2004) 96 He lifted the satchel. ‘Light as a feather. Feels empty.’

单词	light-as-a-feather
释义	> as lemmas light-as-a-feather a. (as) light as a feather, lighter than a feather, etc., designating people or things of little weight. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative. Also as a modifier (usually with hyphens, in light-as-a-feather).Cf. feather-light adj. at feather n. Compounds 1d(a). ΚΠ 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) ix. sig. C.ii^v Some be mouable as the wynde, y^e other ben as lyght as a fether, some be sone angry, and some be appesed in an instaunte. 1691 Search after Wit 3 Your Authors..are as light as a Feather, And vanish like Jack-a-Lent's, Satan knows whither. 1785 Aerostatic Spy I. xii. 214 There trips along a young woman, whose heart seems as light as a feather. 1940 Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania) 23 May 14/4 (advt.) Ask to see the special Kozena quilt—‘It's lighter than a feather!’ 1973 Thomasville (Georgia) Times-Enterprise 9 July 6/6 Enjoy light-as-feather biscuits without having to make them from scratch. 2003 A. Garner Thursbitch (2004) 96 He lifted the satchel. ‘Light as a feather. Feels empty.’ extracted from lightadj.¹n.² < as lemmas
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