羽毛

The birds have four layers of feathering to keep themselves warm.

鸟类有四层羽毛箭，以保持它们自己的热情。

There should be no obvious ruff or feathering on the legs or tail.

腿上和尾巴上不能有明显的流苏状或羽毛状的毛。

To say of someone that they are feathering their nest is to say that they are taking advantage of their position in order to obtain money so as to have a comfortable life.

这句话表面是指在自己的窝里铺上羽毛了。但事实上的意思为：在原有的职位上冒险去获得另外的一些经济来源来使自已有一个更舒适的生活。

In the rough-coated dogs, the hair is slightly longer and there is feathering on the thighs and legs.

在粗糙外面复盖的狗中，头发些微比较长，而且那里正在大腿和腿上用羽毛复盖。

In this beautiful head study, you can easily see the exaggerated feathering that forms the fluffy coat.

你可以容易看出夸张的羽毛似的蓬松的毛发。

It has a thin neck, a big dinosaurs-like body and a pair of featherless wings.

它有廋颈，恐龙般的大身体，和一对无羽毛的翅膀。

"Oh, it is well enough as the production of a human composer, sung by featherless bipeds, to quote the late Diogenes."

译注所谓没有羽毛的两脚动物，这也就算很不错的了。

For example, the denotation of human is any person such as John and Mary, and its connotation is "biped","featherless","rational", etc.

例如，人的外延是任何人，如约翰和玛丽；内涵是"两足动物""无羽毛的""有理性的"等等。

You probably think I'm being egotistical, using thesechickens to make myself popular with women. But ifyou had seen these featherless battery hens when I gotthem a few months ago, you might think better of me.

你或许会认为，我利用这些小鸡让自己受女性欢迎是很自私的行为，不过，假如你在几个月前我买它们的时候见过这些掉光了羽毛、在层架式鸡笼里饲养的母鸡的话，你对我的评价可能会好些。

They are enormous birds, with wings spanning more than 2 meters, top-feathers of dirty white, and huge gray-brown backs. Their heads are virtually featherless, so as not to impede the bird when reaching into a body to feed.

这些都是巨型鸟，翅膀展开2米多，头部羽毛土白色，巨大的灰棕色背部，它们的头部光秃秃的，这样它的脑部进入尸体吃肉时不会被阻碍。

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。