1·I taped the base of the feather onto the velvet.
我用胶带把羽毛的根部粘到天鹅绒上。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·That feather pillow on my feet bothers me.
我脚上的那个羽毛枕碍着我了。
3·Brigida now showed Heidi's feather hat to the old man and asked him to take it back.
布丽吉特把海蒂的羽毛帽子拿给老人看，要他把帽子拿回去。
4·A crushed lady-bug, a feather fallen from a nest, a branch of hawthorn broken, aroused their pity.
一个被踏死的瓢虫，一片从鸟巢里落下的羽毛，一根被折断的山楂枝，都会使他们伤感。
5·The golden feather was brought to the king in the morning, and all the council was called together.
早晨，金羽毛被送到了国王那里，所有的大臣都被召集到一起。
1·Wing feather with copper-containing pigment, flight and display, Courtesy Peter Mullen, Ph.D.
带有铜类色素的翅羽，飞行和展示用，彼得·穆伦博士惠赠
2·A tiny feathered "thumb," the alula, improves flight control. The protruding shaft on the first wing feather makes a loud, rustling sound—adding acoustics to the visual display.
微小的拇翼改善了对飞行的控制能力，第一翼羽上的凸出轴结构会发出沙沙的响声——在保持视觉效果的同时还增添了声学效果。
3·Size is more than just body length, but also wingspan and feather length.
体型不只包括体长，还包括翼展、羽长。
4·The protruding shaft on the first wing feather makes a loud, rustling sound—adding acoustics to the visual display. At Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
微小的拇翼改善了对飞行的控制能力，第一翼羽上的凸出轴结构会发出沙沙的响声——在保持视觉效果的同时还增添了声学效果。
5·Wing covert feather, flight, Institute of Zoology and Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg.
翅膀隐羽，飞行用，汉堡大学动物学会和动物博物馆。