preen
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [pri?n]
- 美式音標(biāo) [pri?n]
- 國際音標(biāo) [pri:n]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vt. 打扮；用嘴整理；贊揚
- vi. 洋洋自得；把（自己）打扮漂亮
詞根記憶
- 和green(n.綠色)一起記
英漢例句
- Rare birds preen themselves right in front of your camera.
很少有鳥類會在鏡頭面前梳理自己的羽毛。 - He never cared a preen for her.
他對她一點也不在乎. - They sat in Germaine Rocher's salon watching the languid mannequins preen and simper.
她們正坐在吉米·羅切的美術(shù)展覽館里,看著那些疲乏的服裝模特炫耀服裝和假笑. - Rare birds preen themselves right in front of your camera.
很少有鳥類會在鏡頭面前梳理自己的羽毛。 - He never cared a preen for her.
他對她一點也不在乎.
英英字典
- (TIDY) If a bird preens or preens itself, it cleans and arranges its feathers using its beak.
- (FEEL PROUD) to feel very proud or satisfied with yourself because of an action or quality
- If someone preens themselves, they spend a lot of time making themselves look neat and attractive used especially if you want to show that you disapprove of this behaviour or that you find it ridiculous and amusing.
- If someone preens, they think in a pleased way about how attractive, clever, or good at something they are.
- When birds preen their feathers, they clean them and arrange them neatly using their beaks.
- a pin, esp a decorative one