羽毛

Demagnetize that same piece of steel and it will be powerless to attract or lift even a feather's weight.

如果将它的磁性消退，那么它连一根羽毛重量的铁块都吸不住。

Like a dilettante who sprawls in a feather bed

像一个爱挑剔的人躺倒在羽毛床上

I say it is special because the dinosaur was covered with feathers.

"我说它特别是因为这恐龙是被羽毛覆盖着的。"

The discoveries of feathered dinosaurs have provided some of the most significant evidence supporting the dinosaurian origin of birds from China.

特别是近年来在中国带羽毛恐龙的发现，对鸟类的恐龙起源假说提供了很多有意义的证据。

But if feathers truly are the diagnostic criterion, then perhaps things should be the other way round, and Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Diplodocus, Tyrannosaurus and their kin should no longer be thought of as terrible lizards, but as overweight, flightless birds.

但是如果将羽毛作为评判的标准，那么也许事情应该是另一个样子：剑龙、三觭龙、梁龙，暴龙和他们的亲戚不应该再被想像成可怕的蜥蜴，而是被当做超重而无法飞行的鸟。

But this did not disconcert the enthusiast , who proceeded with the story of Joseph Smith's bankruptcy in 1837, and how his ruined creditors gave him a coat of tar and feathers

他依然罗里罗嗦地详细介绍下去：史密斯在1837年如何破产，那些被他拖垮了的股东如何把他身上涂满了沥青然后强迫他在羽毛上打滚

But this did not disconcert the enthusiast, who proceeded with the story of Joseph Smith's bankruptcy in 1837, and how his ruined creditors gave him a coat of tar and feathers; his reappearance some years afterwards, more honourable and honoured than ever, at Independence, Missouri, the chief of a flourishing colony of three thousand disciples, and his pursuit thence by outraged Gentiles, and retirement into the Far West.

他依然罗里罗嗦地详细介绍下去：史密斯在1837年如何破产，那些被他拖垮了的股东如何把他身上涂满了沥青然后强迫他在羽毛上打滚；过了几年之后史密斯又如何东山再起，变得比过去更有名望，更有势力。他在密苏里州组成了一个独立教团，他当了这个朝气蓬勃的集团的领袖。

The parent will sometimes roll and spin round before you in such a dishabille, that you cannot, for a few moments, detect what kind of creature it is.

母鸟在你们面前打滚，打旋子，弄得羽毛蓬松，使你一时之间不知道它是怎么一种禽鸟了。

The had dark brown feathers on its round and cumbersome body and was standing docilely.

小，圆圆笨笨的身体上长着黑褐色的羽毛，温顺地站着。

The grebe had dark brown feathers on its round and cumbersome body and was standing docilely.

小，圆圆笨笨的身体上长着黑褐色的羽毛，温顺地站着。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。