preening
美 [prin] 
英 [priːn]
- v.(人)打扮(自己)；(鸟)用嘴理(毛)；(人)夸耀(自己)
- 网络梳理羽毛；鸟用嘴整理羽毛；梳妆
词形变化
第三人称单数：preens 现在分词：preening 过去式：preened 同义词
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例句
He turned sharply, and there, just above him on the branch of a tree, sat a large Parrot, busily preening his feathers.
他急忙转过身，只见他上方的树枝上卧着一只大鹦鹉，正在忙着梳理羽毛。
I finally had a chance to spend some time with a group of them this weekend and was treated to lots of preening.
最终在这个周末我终于有机会很一群长尾鸭呆在一起，观察到了许多它们整理羽毛的画面。
HUMANS do not generally consider other people who spend hours preening themselves in front of mirrors to be particularly intelligent.
人们通常不会以为那些在镜子前面耗上几个小时来打扮的人有多聪明。
In summer, though, the lake is a shimmering jewel adorning the long, preening neck of this skyscraping queen.
不过，一到夏天，这座湖就是颗闪闪发亮的珠宝，为这位凌霄皇后颀长、昂扬的美颈增添光采。
There was no strutting. No preening. No declaration that he's the king of track.
他并没有趾高气扬。没有得意洋洋。也没有炫耀自己是田径之王。
conspicuous at a great distance; wore conspicuous neckties; made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening.
遥远处显眼的塔；系着打眼的领带；她以炫耀的方式使自己变得抢眼。
Fast-forward about 15 minutes, and my husband puts on the new robe over his clothes and starts preening as a joke.
赶了15分钟的路我们终于到家，我丈夫搁着衣服披上了那件新浴袍，然后开始精心打扮，动作逗人发笑。
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凫水的鸭子还在寻找水蜗牛，或是整天整天地梳理着自身的羽毛。
Preening with bill or legs, bathing, putting up the wing, and yawning.
以喙或脚梳理羽毛、洗浴、举翅和打哈欠等。
Notwithstanding preening and constant care, the marvelously intricate structure of a bird's feather inevitaing wears out.
尽管经过精心的打扮和细心的呵护，另人惊奇的具有复杂结构的鸟羽毛最终还是磨破了。
And if they try to clean themselves by preening, they ingest the oil, which causes kidney failure.
而如果它们试图通过用嘴整理羽毛的方式来自己清理，它们会吞下这些油污，最终导致肾衰竭。
Studies to reproduce the preening-mediated AIV infection mechanism in the animal model are in progress.
重现整理羽毛介导的禽流感病毒传播机制的动物模型研究正在进行中。
We were preening ourselves on having won another victory.
我们为获得又一次胜利而得意洋洋。
It's a combination of nervous excitement, preening and autoerotic touching.
这是一种混合着紧张，兴奋，炫耀和自体享乐的触摸。
Breivik, preening in his dress uniforms and posing with guns, doesn't fit easily into this picture.
整理他的穿着制服的持枪冒充，不适合很容易进入这个图片。
Most birds, including flamingos, spend time preening.
大多数鸟儿，包括火烈鸟，都会费工夫梳理羽毛。
An hour into the journey, we spot a troop of baboons preening each other on a hillock.
火车开了一个小时，我们看见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.
它们互相梳妆打扮，甚至偶尔也会像异性伴侣那样交配，而且每年都会哺育一只小鸟。
Sally Kendoo (Mandy Moore): Well I think you are a self-involved preening idiot.
莎莉•肯都（曼蒂•莫尔）：我才认为你是一个自我中心、骄傲自满的白痴。
She was preening herself in front of the mirror.
她在镜子前精心打扮。
They are very social, and can often be seen preening in large groups.
牠们是有组织的并且可以发现牠们有著频繁的社交行为。
must spend many hours preening their plumage.
黑面琵鹭要花很长的时间整理羽毛。
It's an extension of preening and it's astonishingly accurate.
这也属于打扮的范围之内，并且它惊人地准确。
It's concerned with fundamental needs such as survival, physical maintenance, hoarding, dominance, preening and mating.
它关心基本需要，例如生存、身体维护、积蓄、统治、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借给Leezar一niftily打扮恶毒，发挥作为一个弗雷迪汞和钼罗卡hissy接汞合金恶棍。
Will you stop preening yourself in front of the mirror?
你别对着镜子打扮个没完行不行？
