preen

英 [pri?n] 美[prin]

近義詞deck groom

暢通詞匯GRE

第三人稱單數(shù):?preens;過去式:?preened;過去分詞:?preened;現(xiàn)在分詞:?preening;

1. prune => preen.
2. 靠在欄桿上，拿著花，瞇著眼睛打扮.

preen 整理羽毛，打扮，修飾

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

preen: preen: [14] Preen is generally taken to be an alteration of prune ‘cut branches’, under the influence of another now obsolete verb preen ‘pierce’, a descendant of the Old English noun prēon ‘pin’ (the notion presumably being of a bird ‘piercing’ its feathers with its beak when cleaning them).
=> prune
preen (v.): "to trim, to dress up," late 14c., perhaps a variation of Middle English proynen, proinen "trim the feather with the beak" (see prune (v.)); or perhaps from Old French poroindre "anoint before," and Old French proignier "round off, prune." Middle English prene (from Old English preon, a general Germanic word) meant "to pin," and probably influenced the form of this word. Watkins, however, connects it with Latin unguere "to smear, anoint."

Because of the popularity of falconry, bird activities formerly were more closely observed and words for them were more precise in English than today.
Youre hawke proynith and not pikith and she prenyth not bot whan she begynnyth at hir leggys, and fetcheth moystour like oyle at hir taill. ["Book of St. Albans," 1486]

1. Rare birds preen themselves right in front of your camera.: 很少有鳥類會(huì)在鏡頭面前梳理自己的羽毛。

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

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