preen

[pri:n]

v.整理羽毛, 精心打扮, 沾沾自喜

例句与用法：

She preened herself upon her beauty.

她为自已的美貌感到自满。

He's always preening himself on his success.

他总是对自己的成功沾沾自喜。

词形变化：

名词: preener | 动词过去式: preened | 动词过去分词: preened | 动词现在分词: preening | 动词第三人称单数: preens |

vt.

(鸟)用喙理(毛); 精心打扮(自己)

vi.

1. (鸟)用喙理毛; (人)精心打扮自己

2. 洋洋自得

preen

过去式：preened

过去分词：preened

现在进行时：preening

词形变化：

名词: preener | 动词过去式: preened | 动词过去分词: preened | 动词现在分词: preening | 动词第三人称单数: preens |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

groom

deck

vapor

preen1[pri:n]vt.1.■(鸟)用嘴整理羽毛；(兽)用嘴(或舌)整理皮毛：A bird preened its feathers.鸟用喙整理它的羽毛。2.■(人)打扮自己：She was preening herself in front of the mirror.她在镜子前精心打扮。3.■赞扬(自己)，夸耀(自己)；使得意；使庆幸：We were preening ourselves on having won another victory.我们为获得又一次胜利而得意洋洋。vi.1.■把自己打扮得漂亮，修饰打扮：preening in the mirror对镜子精心打扮2.■感到得意；感到庆幸：to preen with pleasure得意洋洋preen oneself on以…而骄傲，以…自豪 preen2[pri:n]n.1.■[英国方言]2.■别针；胸针，饰针3.■价值极小的东西；一点点vt.1.■(用别针)别住，钉住

1. [no obj.](of a bird) tidy and clean its feathers with its beak
   （鸟）用鸟喙整理羽毛
   reed buntings preened at the pool's edge.
   芦鹀在池塘边整理羽毛。
   [with obj.]the pigeon preened her feathers.
   鸽子整了整羽毛。
   ■(of a person) devote effort to making oneself look attractive and then admire one's appearance
   （人）精心打扮并自我欣赏
   adolescents preening in their bedroom mirrors.
   在卧室梳妆镜前精心打扮的青少年。
   ■(preen oneself)congratulate or pride oneself
   得意；庆幸
   he's busy preening himself on acquiring such a pretty girlfriend.
   他一直庆幸自己找到这么漂亮的女朋友。
   

1. late Middle English: apparently a variant of obsolete prune (based on Latin ungere 'anoint'), in the same sense, associated with Scots and northern English dialect preen 'pierce, pin' (because of the ‘pricking’ action of the bird's beak)
   

preen

动词 preen:

clean with one's bill

同义词：plume

pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

同义词：congratulate

dress or groom with elaborate care

同义词：primp, plume, dress

preen

■preen oneself

v. 自夸, 自吹

■preen glands

[医] 尾羽腺(鸟)

■9.He will walk over to me, snuggle in and preen me.

“它走到我身旁，依偎着我，用羽毛抚摸我。

■He will walk over to me, snuggle in and preen me. Romeo lovestotake my hair or my hand in his mouth and he also plays with myshoelaces.

“它走到我身旁，依偎着我，用羽毛抚摸我。罗密欧喜欢用嘴衔我的头发或手，它还喜欢玩我的鞋带。”

■"He will walk over to me, snuggle in and preen me.

“它走到我身旁，依偎著我，用羽毛抚摸我。

■and yet they went about very plainly dressed，in the coarsest stuffs， but always with splendidly clean linen．They were a fine old pair， Preen and Martha！

一个老人插进来说。

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

不要因打败弱者而自傲。

■1.Tonight, you can watch the women figure skaters pout and preen their way to the medals.

今晚，你们将看到女子花样滑冰选手把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮的，去争取金牌。

■All that the boy had heard about old Preen and his wife seemed to be in the stone；

从这时开始，这颗种子，到了适当的时候，将会成熟，开出花来，成为一首诗。

■Together, the men preen, strut, shimmy, and shake their feathered costumes, mimicking the local birds of paradise.

他们共同，男人的打扮，高视阔步，摇动和震动他们的羽毛装束，模仿当地的天堂鸟。

■4. He never cared a preen for her.

他对她一点也不在乎。

■preen oneself on

以 ... 自豪 以 ... 而骄傲

■Mimicry can also be a great way to preen, or learn, or make a new friend.

伪装术也可以是一种很好的炫耀，学习和交友的方式。

■You are afraid of facing the reality and cheat everyone, and yourself as well.You preen yourself like a clown to win flubdub.

你害怕去面对现实，于是就欺骗大家，你把自己打扮成一个小丑去赢取别人的好感。

■Green part looks like preen hill uhich two reach to Hee sley.

其中绿色部分酷象两座青山，高耸入云，相连相偎，遥相倾诉。

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

她们正坐在吉米·罗切的美术展览馆里，看着那些疲乏的服装模特炫耀服装和假笑。

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

她们正坐在吉米?罗切的美术展览馆里，看着那些疲乏的服装模特炫耀服装和假笑。

■They bathe and preen to wash away Bogoria's minerals, which could turn their feathers to stone and ground them forever.

它们梳洗打扮以洗去博高瑞亚的矿物质，这些矿物质能让它们的羽毛变成石头，让它们永远不能飞行。

■preen oneself in front of the mirror

对着镜子梳妆打扮.

■primp and preen in front of a mirror

对着镜子精心打扮.

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

布莱恩：噢。那下次你要开口约她出去之前，先好好打扮一下吧。

■Juvenile king penguins preen on the shore.

年轻的企鹅首领在岸边用嘴整理羽毛。

■As students primp and preen to wow their favorite colleges, there's one characteristic they can't control: their race.

当学生们为了给自己喜爱的学校留下好印象而打扮修饰的时候，有一点却是他们无法控制的：那就是他们的种族身份。

■to preen with pleasure

得意洋洋

■8. To preen, for a woman,

把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮，对女人来说，

■The experiment was conducted to measure the function and growth of preen gland of meat duck and to find the effects of dry-feeding system on preen gland development.

本研究目的是了解肉鸭尾脂腺的功能、尾脂腺生长发育规律，以及旱养方式对尾脂腺和肉鸭梳羽行为的影响。

■To smooth(feathers;preen.

梳平(羽毛);梳理

■To smooth(feathers); preen.

梳平（羽毛）；梳理

■Dressing unaided was difficult but she finally accomplished it and putting on the bonnet with its rakish feathers she ran to Aunt Pitty's room to preen herself in front of the long mirror. How pretty she looked!

没有人帮忙穿衣裳，这确是一件难事，但最终还是完成了，接着她戴上那顶装有华丽的羽饰的帽子，跑到皮蒂姑妈房里，在穿衣镜前装扮起来，她看上去多么漂亮啊！

■Then, they stand about to preen their white plumage carefully.Occasionally they give themselves a sudden shake or flap their long wings to let off water drops from among their feathers.

然后它们站住开始梳理自己的翅膀，偶尔突然地抖动身体或者拍动翅膀来弄干身上的水珠。

■This is a good moment to posit the idea that, in a man-free world, makeup and beauty-product sales would decline, because we would have no one to preen for.

现在正是时候去假设一个概念，在一个没有男人的世界，化妆品和美容产品销量将会直线下降，因为我们已经没有了为悦己者容的对象了。

■Then, they stand about to preen their white plumage carefully.

站在树下，它们用嘴认真地梳理自己的羽毛。

■To dress or groom oneself with elaborate care;preen.

精心打扮极其用心地打扮或修饰自己;精心装扮

■To dress or groom oneself with elaborate care; preen.

精心打扮极其用心地打扮或修饰自己；精心装扮

■Pamper her and preen her

纵容她赞扬她

■Green textiles have become more and more popular, while using environment-friendly dyes is one of the important preconditions to guarantee them "preen".

绿色纺织品越来越引起人们的重视，而环保染料是保证绿色纺织品的重要条件之一。

■Show self-satisfaction; preen oneself; crow over; be very pleased with oneself

自我显示、炫耀自得满意之处,唯恐他人不知

■1.self-appreciation; self-admiration 2.to preen oneself

自我欣赏

■be very pleased with oneself; preen oneself

自鸣得意

■I shall neither struct nor preen in vanity, but shall know and give thanks for my place in the greater world.

至于火炮，除了轰城之外最重要的就是附加伤害。楼主显然还没体会到其中的利害。

■preen gland

舐腺 尾脂腺

■Let others be as butterflies that preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a flower for life.

让别人像蝴蝶一样,舞动翅膀，靠花朵的施舍生活；

■Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a flower for life.

让别人像蝴蝶一样。舞动翅膀，靠花朵的施舍生活；

■No wonder people fly halfway around the world, board buses and trains and ferries, and wait patiently in the heavy snow to see these birds gather to preen and flare and dance their wild courtship dances.

难怪有人愿意飞越大半个地球，搭公车、火车和渡船前来，耐心地在大雪中守候，只为欣赏这些鹤整理羽毛，展翅跳着热烈的求偶之舞。

■Mike was still able to balance on a perch and walk clumsily;he even attempted to preen and crow, although he could do neither.

麦克仍能在栖木上保持平衡，也能笨拙的走动，甚至还试着用喙清理羽毛及报晓，虽然它两者都没能做到。