preening

美 [prin] 　英 [pri?n]

• v.(人)打扮(自己)；(鳥)用嘴理(毛)；(人)夸耀(自己)
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)梳理羽毛；鳥用嘴整理羽毛；梳妝

詞形變化

第三人稱單數(shù)：preens  現(xiàn)在分詞：preening  過去式：preened  

同義詞

英漢解釋

v.	1. (人)打扮(自己) 2. (鳥)用嘴理(毛) 3. (人)夸耀(自己) 4. 把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮 5. 自滿,自負,自我夸耀

英英解釋

v.

1. if a bird or animal preens or preens itself, it cleans and arranges its feathers or fur with its beak or tongue 2. to spend a lot of time trying to make yourself look more attractive by arranging your hair, putting on make up, etc. 3. to feel very proud or satisfied with something that you have done

例句

He turned sharply, and there, just above him on the branch of a tree, sat a large Parrot, busily preening his feathers.

他急忙轉(zhuǎn)過身，只見他上方的樹枝上臥著一只大鸚鵡，正在忙著梳理羽毛。

I finally had a chance to spend some time with a group of them this weekend and was treated to lots of preening.

最終在這個周末我終于有機會很一群長尾鴨呆在一起，觀察到了許多它們整理羽毛的畫面。

HUMANS do not generally consider other people who spend hours preening themselves in front of mirrors to be particularly intelligent.

人們通常不會以為那些在鏡子前面耗上幾個小時來打扮的人有多聰明。

In summer, though, the lake is a shimmering jewel adorning the long, preening neck of this skyscraping queen.

不過，一到夏天，這座湖就是顆閃閃發(fā)亮的珠寶，為這位凌霄皇后頎長、昂揚的美頸增添光采。

There was no strutting. No preening. No declaration that he's the king of track.

他并沒有趾高氣揚。沒有得意洋洋。也沒有炫耀自己是田徑之王。

conspicuous at a great distance; wore conspicuous neckties; made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening.

遙遠處顯眼的塔；系著打眼的領(lǐng)帶；她以炫耀的方式使自己變得搶眼。

Fast-forward about 15 minutes, and my husband puts on the new robe over his clothes and starts preening as a joke.

趕了15分鐘的路我們終于到家，我丈夫擱著衣服披上了那件新浴袍，然后開始精心打扮，動作逗人發(fā)笑。

Only the ducks remained, paddling about after water snails, or busy preening their feathers, the live-long day.

在水池里只有一些徐徐鳧水的鴨子還在尋找水蝸牛，或是整天整天地梳理著自身的羽毛。

Preening with bill or legs, bathing, putting up the wing, and yawning.

以喙或腳梳理羽毛、洗浴、舉翅和打哈欠等。

Notwithstanding preening and constant care, the marvelously intricate structure of a bird's feather inevitaing wears out.

盡管經(jīng)過精心的打扮和細心的呵護，另人驚奇的具有復(fù)雜結(jié)構(gòu)的鳥羽毛最終還是磨破了。

And if they try to clean themselves by preening, they ingest the oil, which causes kidney failure.

而如果它們試圖通過用嘴整理羽毛的方式來自己清理，它們會吞下這些油污，最終導(dǎo)致腎衰竭。

Studies to reproduce the preening-mediated AIV infection mechanism in the animal model are in progress.

重現(xiàn)整理羽毛介導(dǎo)的禽流感病毒傳播機制的動物模型研究正在進行中。

We were preening ourselves on having won another victory.

我們為獲得又一次勝利而得意洋洋。

It's a combination of nervous excitement, preening and autoerotic touching.

這是一種混合著緊張，興奮，炫耀和自體享樂的觸摸。

Breivik, preening in his dress uniforms and posing with guns, doesn't fit easily into this picture.

整理他的穿著制服的持槍冒充，不適合很容易進入這個圖片。

Most birds, including flamingos, spend time preening.

大多數(shù)鳥兒，包括火烈鳥，都會費工夫梳理羽毛。

An hour into the journey, we spot a troop of baboons preening each other on a hillock.

火車開了一個小時，我們看見山丘上有一群狒狒在互相梳理皮毛。

They engage in mutual preening and even occasionally copulation, and, like female-male pairs, each year they raise a single chick.

它們互相梳妝打扮，甚至偶爾也會像異性伴侶那樣交配，而且每年都會哺育一只小鳥。

Sally Kendoo (Mandy Moore): Well I think you are a self-involved preening idiot.

莎莉?肯都（曼蒂?莫爾）：我才認為你是一個自我中心、驕傲自滿的白癡。

She was preening herself in front of the mirror.

她在鏡子前精心打扮。

They are very social, and can often be seen preening in large groups.

牠們是有組織的并且可以發(fā)現(xiàn)牠們有著頻繁的社交行為。

must spend many hours preening their plumage.

黑面琵鷺要花很長的時間整理羽毛。

It's an extension of preening and it's astonishingly accurate.

這也屬于打扮的范圍之內(nèi)，并且它驚人地準確。

It's concerned with fundamental needs such as survival, physical maintenance, hoarding, dominance, preening and mating.

它關(guān)心基本需要，例如生存、身體維護、積蓄、統(tǒng)治、打扮和交配。

Theroux lends Leezar a niftily preening malevolence, playing the villain as a hissy-fit amalgam of Freddie Mercury and Mo Rocca.

Theroux借給Leezar一niftily打扮惡毒，發(fā)揮作為一個弗雷迪汞和鉬羅卡hissy接汞合金惡棍。

Will you stop preening yourself in front of the mirror?

你別對著鏡子打扮個沒完行不行？