音标:[pri:nd] ;
v. (鸟)用嘴整理(羽毛)( preen的过去式和过去分词 )
imp. & p. p. of Preen

preen的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. Juvenile king penguins preen on the shore.年轻的企鹅首领在岸边用嘴整理羽毛。
  2. The girl is preening oneself in front of the mirror.那女孩正对着镜子梳妆打扮.
  3. She preened herself upon her beauty.她为自已的美貌感到自满。
  4. He's always preening himself on his success.他总是对自己的成功沾沾自喜。

词汇搭配

  • preen oneself on以 ... 自豪

经典引文

  • You got to like books, and he didna care a prin for them.

    出自:C. Gibbon
  • The feathers of these birds must be well preened to resist so much wet.

    出自:G. White
  • A duck oiled its feathers by preening.

    出自:P. Angadi
【近义词】

Again he repeated the musical call; he and the boy waited and listened. 他再次重复了这个声音,他和小男孩一边等一边听。 Then, faint and far across the pasture land, like an echo, came the reply, bob-white, bob-white, bob-bobwhit

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Louis didn't understand this, but he nodded good-bye to Mr. Lucas and swam off toward the island in the center of the lake. 路易斯不明白这些,可他还是点点头对卢卡斯先生道了再见,向湖中心的小岛游去。 There he stepp

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