One of the light, flat growths forming the plumage of birds, consisting of numerous slender, closely arranged parallel barbs forming a vane on either side of a horny, tapering, partly hollow shaft.
파생어
feathery [형]
예문
1. pluck feathers from a chicken (닭털을 뽑다) 2. Fine feathers make fine birds. (《속담》 옷이 날개다) 3. hills feathered with oaks (떡갈나무로 덮인 언덕) 4. two boys of the same feather (같은 부류의 두 소년) 5. the wave of barley feathering to a gentle breeze (산들바람에 나부끼는 보리 이삭)
