| 单词 | penfeathered |
| 释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : pen-featheredadj. > as lemmaspen-feathered a. Of birds, animals, etc.: Provided with or having feathers. feathered friend: a bird (used sentimentally or ironically). Also in parasynthetic combinations, as black-feathered, hard-feathered, pen-feathered, well-feathered adjs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] featheredc1300 penneda1398 well-feathered1525 well-plumed1575 plumy1590 feathery1637 well-fledged1650 pennigerous1656 plumigerous1656 penniferous1722 flighted1735 plumaged1777 fledgy1818 plumulose1826 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > with other specific coverings featheredc1300 overskail1508 briereda1554 stone-faced1632 sodded1652 netted1800 foamed1820 fibre-faceda1884 the world > animals > birds > [noun] > bird fowlOE bird?c1225 wing1601 feathera1616 feather-monger1767 feathered friend1933 c1150 Eadwine's Psalter (E.E.T.S.) lxxvii. 27 Fuglæs gefeðerede.] c1300 K. Alis. 5406 Hy weren blake fethered on the wombe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15991 Þe cok lepe vp..Federd fayrer þan be-forn. a1440 Found. St. Bartholomew's i. vi The vision of the federyd beiste. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 163 I wyll not refuse to shewe you somwhat also of my feathered cattell. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 131 See that he [the cock] be sound, hard feather'd. a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 263 My children then were just pen-feather'd. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 85 Thus have I remark'd what is most observable in the feathered Tribe. 1769 J. Wallis Nat. Hist. Northumberland I. ix. 311 The young being surprized..when they are near full feathered. 1840 F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. II. 242 The legs are..feathered to the feet. 1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist vii. 105 A feathered wanderer flew by. 1933 E. A. Robertson Ordinary Families xiv. 294 I did not write one letter about ‘our feathered friends’ which was not published. 1953 E. Simon Past Masters i. iii. 35 We keep chickens..and so far our feathered friends are letting us down badly. 1967 Guardian 4 Feb. 14/8 The British farmers'..war against our furred and feathered friends might be an enormous mistake. < see also as lemmas |
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