downy
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈdaʊ.ni]
- 美式音标 [ˈdaʊ.ni]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 柔和的；绒毛的；多丘岗的
同根派生
- 同根词
- 词根：down adj.
- down向下的 adv.
- down向下，下去；在下面 n.
- down软毛，绒毛；[地质]开阔的高地 prep.
- down沿着，往下 vi.
- down下降；下去 vt.
- down打倒，击败
英汉例句
- Seals that are weaned and have shed their downy fur are called beaters for the way they beat their flippers on the water.
断奶后褪去一身绒毛的海豹被称为打手，因其总是在水上拍打它们的鳍状肢。 - Like mummies coming back from the dead, their animated faces emerge in the firelight, revealing downy wisps of beard and boyish grins.
象死而复生的木乃伊，他们的脸在火光间出现了，露出毛茸茸的小束胡须和孩子气的笑容。 - Its cultivation may be ancient—dating as far back as 5,000 years ago—but cotton, and its characteristically soft, downy fibers, could be just what modern medicine has been waiting for.
棉花的种植历史也许非常悠久——可以追溯到迄今5,000年前——但它和它富有特性、柔软光滑的纤维可能正是现代医学所要寻找的东西。 - She pointed to the largest of the eggs, which had a downy feather stuck to it.
NEWYORKER: The Repatriates - He liked her smell and her downy arms and the way she exclaimed when something made her laugh.
NEWYORKER: Good People - Her sleeves were pushed up to her elbows, and he found himself looking at her narrow wrists and the fine, downy hair on her arms.
NEWYORKER: The Proxy Marriage
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- downy mildews 霜霉
- frizzy downy 有绒毛的
- downy brome 旱雀麦
- downy pitch 毛桃
- Downy Woodpecker 啄木鸟;绒啄木鸟;绒啄木
短语
英英字典
- filled with feathers
- Something that is downy is filled or covered with small soft feathers.
- Something that is downy is covered with very fine hairs.
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 多丘岗的
- 绒毛的
- 具短茸毛的
- 霜状的