feathering ['feðərɪŋ]

例句:

• The feathering around the legs also looks shaggier and laxer than the congeneric Carrion Crow.
  来自BBC
• Tame birds, when approached, will stretch out their necks and ruffle their neck feathering.
  驯养的鸟儿在有人靠近时会伸长脖子，竖起颈羽。
  
• Mary's much more interested in doing things for other people than feathering her own nest.
  相比追逐私利，玛丽更乐意帮助他人。
  
• " We're giving up free range, getting organized, feathering our emotions.
  “ 我们正在放弃自己驰骋的天地, 组织起来, 矫饰感情.
  
• "It's feathering out the edges," said Ms. Silva.
  来自WSJ
• Perhaps I was, in some obscure way, feathering my own nest.
  来自WSJ