中文詞源

preen整理羽毛，打扮，修飾

來自prune拼寫變體，來自prune,使圓潤，剪枝，修剪，用于指鳥整理羽毛，引申詞義打扮，修飾。

詞組搭配

preen gland尾脂腺

preen oneself自夸；使得意；自鳴得意的解釋

Hyrol Preen希羅爾普林

Garyn Preen普瑞恩

preen n整理羽毛；打扮修飾

preen ruffle打扮

Preen Venice連衣裙

preen - rumble弄整齊；使皺

preen like a peacock打扮得像只孔雀

雙語例句

1. Rare birds preen themselves right in front of your camera.

漢很少有鳥類會在鏡頭面前梳理自己的羽毛。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He never cared a preen for her.

漢他對她一點(diǎn)也不在乎.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. They sat in Germaine Rocher's salon watching the languid mannequins preen and simper.

漢她們正坐在吉米·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.

來自辭典例句

4. Brian: Oh. Well, next time, preen yourself before asking her out.

漢布萊恩: 噢. 那下次你要開口約她出去之前,先好好打扮一下吧.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Do not preen yourself on defeating so weak a person.

漢不要因打敗弱者而自傲.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

英英釋義

1. clean with one's bill;

"The birds preened"

2. pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

3. dress or groom with elaborate care;

"She likes to dress when going to the opera"